S 183 - Coressia, silver, hemiobols (480-470 BCE)
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480 BCE - 470 BCE Silver 87 kg
Description
| Obverse: | ϘO (Greek).Dolphin |
| Reverse: | K Incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Coressia | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 480 BCE | to | 470 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC |
Physical description
| Metal: | Silver |
Median weight in grams | 0.45 | Denomination: | hemiobol |
Standard: |
Image

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. 79, n° 34-37 (Series III), "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sheedy 2006, p. 169, no. 37-40. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 33.33 | 25, 26 |
| 2 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 66.67 | 24, 27 |
| Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 6 of 6 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 4 | Number of coins (n) | 6 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.62 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 192,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 12 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 66.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,247.4 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 87 kg <br /> 87 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,118.5 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Papageorgiadou-Banis 1997: 7 coins, 1 obv., 2 rev.