S 173 - Coressia, silver, staters (520-480 BCE)
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520 BCE - 480 BCE Silver 2,704 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Cuttlefish |
| Reverse: | Incuse square of "Union Jack" pattern with eight segments |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Coressia | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 520 BCE | to | 480 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 11.90 | Denomination: | stater
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Standard: |
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Papageorgiadou-Banis 1997, p. 77, n° 1-2, 5-14, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sheedy 2006, p. 164, no. 1-3. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Sear I, n° 3082, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 6, n° 159 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 12 | Number of coins (n) | 14 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.17 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.71 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 71.43 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 11.36 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 227,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 14 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00006 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 64.29% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,464.79 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 2,704 kg <br /> 2,704 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 6,161.97 |
Remarks
Papageorgiadou-Banis 1997: 14 coins, 7 obv., 12 rev.
References
- ^ Papageorgiadou-Banis, Charikleia (1997), The Coinage of Kea, Meletemata 24, Athens, viii, 107 p., 21 pl.
- ^ Sheedy, Kenneth A. (2006), The Archaic and Early Classical Coinages of the Cyclades, RNS Spec. Publ. 40, London, viii, 261 p., 20 pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
