S 1653 - Harpagion, bronze (nymph/fish) (400-375 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 11444

400 BCE - 375 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Laureate head of nymph left, hair in sphendone.
Reverse:	APΠΑΓΙΑ (Greek).Fish right, grain ear below

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Harpagion

Ancient region:

Mysia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From

400 BCE

to

375 BCE

Period: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

1.25

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]S1653 Harpagion.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.]]1Delrieux 2009
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
2	1	50	2	33.33	2
4	1	50	4	66.67	1
Total	2 of 2	100	6 of 6	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)	3	Number of coins (n)	6
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	3	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.5	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	2.55	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	51,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	3	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00012
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	4,705.88
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	n.a.	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	11,764.71

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation