S 164 - Carthaea, silver, obols (510-480 BCE) Sheedy
From SILVER
510 BCE - 480 BCE Silver 495 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Grape cluster with five grapes, on the left, dolphin swimming upwards. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Millsail pattern quadripartite incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Carthaea | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Cyclades | 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 510 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 480 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 1.00 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | obol
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StandardStandard.: |
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Sheedy 20061Sheedy 2006, p. 160-162, no. 26-32. | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | |||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 6 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 5 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 9 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.29 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.8 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 0.71 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 85.71 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 24.73 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 494,600 |
| 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) | 31.5 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 33.33% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 727.86 |
| 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 | 495 kg <br /> 495 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 1,819.65 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation See Papageorgiadou-Banis 1997, p. 96, n° 25-30 (6 coins, 5 obv., 4 rev.)
References
- ^ Sheedy, Kenneth A. (2006), The Archaic and Early Classical Coinages of the Cyclades, RNS Spec. Publ. 40, London, viii, 261 p., 20 pl.
