S 1582 - Amathus (Lysandros), silver, staters (380-370 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 11047

380 BCE - 370 BCE Silver 303 kg

Description

Obverse:	Lion crouching below a flying eagle
Reverse:	Forepart of a lion

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Amathus

Ancient region:

Cyprus

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

380 BCE

to

370 BCE

Period: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

6.50

Denomination:

stater , didrachm

Standard:

Rhodian

Image

]]S1582 Amathus Lysandros.jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Amandry 1984, p. 72-73, n° 131
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amathus.lysandros.bmc.14-16?lang=en

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
3	1	50	3	37.5	1
5	1	50	5	62.5	2
Total	2 of 2	100	8 of 8	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ
Number of reverse dies (r)	6	Number of coins (n)	8
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.33
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	3	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	2.33	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	46,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	2.67	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00017
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	6,866.95
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	303 kg <br /> 303 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	17,167.38

Remarks