S 178 - Coressia, silver, hemidrachms (510-480 BCE)
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510 BCE - 480 BCE Silver 1,787 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Ϙ (Greek).Cuttlefish |
| Reverse: | 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 | 2.80 | Denomination: | hemidrachm |
Standard: |
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° 18-25 (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. 166-167, no. 19-25. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 5 | 83.33 | 5 | 71.43 | 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 |
| 2 | 1 | 16.67 | 2 | 28.57 | 13 |
| Total | 6 of 6 | 100 | 7 of 7 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 6 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 6 | Number of coins (n) | 7 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.17 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.17 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 83.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 31.91 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 638,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 42 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00001 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 28.57% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 438.73 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,787 kg <br /> 1,787 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 1,096.83 |
Remarks
Papageorgiadou-Banis 1997: 8 coins, 7 obv., 7 rev.