S 177 - Coressia, silver, drachms (510-480 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8973

510 BCE - 480 BCE Silver 142 kg

Description

Obverse:	Ϙ (Greek).Amphora, cuttlefish in right field, upward
Reverse:	Millsail pattern quadripartite incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Coressia

Ancient region:

Cyclades

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

510 BCE

to

480 BCE

Period: Archaic until 480 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

5.60

Denomination:

drachma

Standard:

Image

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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. 78, n° 15-17 (Series II), "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sheedy 2006, p. 166, no. 17-18.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
3	1	100	3	100	O8
Total	1 of 1	100	3 of 3	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)	2	Number of coins (n)	3
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	3	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.5
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	1.27	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	25,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	1.5	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	4,724.41
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	142 kg <br /> 142 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	11,811.02

Remarks

Papageorgiadou-Banis 1997, p. 78: 4 coins, 2 obv., 3 rev.