S 1580 - Amathus (Epipalos), silver, staters (370-360 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 11043

370 BCE - 360 BCE Silver 337 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Lion recumbent to right, above, eagle flying right.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	[[Reverse legend::𐠁𐠠𐠞𐠒] ('e-pi-pa-lo' in Cypriot syllabic script)]] (Cypriot).Forepart of a lion to right.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Amathus

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Epipalos, king of Amathus

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

370 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

360 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Silver

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

6.60

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

stater , didrachm

StandardStandard.:

Rhodian

Image

]]S1580 Amathus Epipalos staters.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Amandry 1984, p. 73, n° 132
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2BMC Cyprus, Amathus, n° 1
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amathus.epipalos.bmc.17

Obverse dies distribution

FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ	Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	% (n)	Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1	1	50	1	16.67	2
5	1	50	5	83.33	1
Total	2 of 2	100	6 of 6	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	1
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	2	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	6
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	3	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	3
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	2.55	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	51,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ᵖ (O)	3	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00012
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	83.33%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	4,705.88
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ᵖ	337 kg <br /> 337 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	11,764.71

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