S 1567 - Phaestus, silver, triobols (350-270 BCE)
From SILVER
350 BCE - 270 BCE Silver 535 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Female head (Europa) to left |
| Reverse: | Head of bull to right, slightly turned facing |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Phaestus | Ancient region: | Crete | Modern country: Crete | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 350 BCE | to | 270 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC  , Hellenistic 323-30 BC
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 2.80 | Denomination: | triobol
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Standard: |
Image
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Carbone 2022, p. 73 (Group E), 91-92 (Group J), 98-99 (Group M), 102 (Group O), 104 (Group P) | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 3201, 3206 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 9 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 60 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 6.67 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 22.22 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.55 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 191,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 10.59 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00031 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 96.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 12,565.45 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 535 kg <br /> 535 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 31,413.61 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
