S 1598 - Ephesus, electrum, 1/6th staters (550 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 11099

550 BCE - 550 BCE Electrum 488 kg

Description

Obverse:	Bee
Reverse:	Rosette within an incuse square

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Ephesus

Ancient region:

Ionia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From

550 BCE

to

550 BCE

Period: Archaic until 480 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Electrum http://nomisma.org/id/el

Median weight in grams

2.20

Denomination:

hekte , sixth stater

Standard:

Milesian

Image

]]S1598 Ephesus F-B 1.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.]]1Fischer-Bossert 2019, p. 163, n° 1-3
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
5	1	100	5	100	1
Total	1 of 1	100	5 of 5	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	1	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ
Number of reverse dies (r)	3	Number of coins (n)	5
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	5	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.67
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	3	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	1.11	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	22,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	1.25	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00023
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	9,009.01
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	488 kg <br /> 488 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	22,522.52

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