S 1834 - Byblus (uncertain king), silver, shekels (430-420 BCE)
From SILVER
430 BCE - 420 BCE Silver 2,619 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Galley with three hoplites to left, below, hippocamp left |
| Reverse: | Vulture standing left on the body of an incuse ram to left with head to right |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Byblus | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Lebanon | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 430 BCE | to | 420 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 13.20 | Denomination: | shekel , double siglos
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Standard: | Persian |
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.]]1Elayi - Elayi 2014, p. 148-151, n° 101-141 (Group III.1) | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 10, n° 126 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 8 | Number of coins (n) | 17 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.43 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.13 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.14 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 57.14 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.92 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 198,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 11.9 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00009 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 76.47% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,427.42 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 2,619 kg <br /> 2,619 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 8,568.55 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Elayi, Josette - Elayi, Alain G. (2014), A Monetary and Political History of the Phoenician City of Byblos, Winona Lake, Eisenbrauns, xvi + 384 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 10. handbook of coins of the Southern Levant : Phoenicia, southern Koile Syria (including Judaea), and Arabia, Lancaster-London, lxxix, 201 p.
