S 1840 - Byblus (Elpa'al), silver, 1/32 shekels (420-400 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 12865

420 BCE - 400 BCE Silver 45 kg

Description

Obverse:	War-galley l. with one warrior with shield facing l., below, one libne of waves, border of dots
Reverse:	Seated lion to l., border of dots

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Byblus

Ancient region:

Phoenicia

Modern country: Lebanon

Authority:

Chronology

From

420 BCE

to

400 BCE

Period: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

0.30

Denomination:

1/32 shekel

Standard:

Image

]]S1840 Byblus Elpa'al 32 shekels (420-400 BCE).jpg

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. 161-162, n° 251-267
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/byblus.elpaal.elayi.2014.iv.1.4

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	3	60	3	27.27	3, 4, 5
4	2	40	8	72.73	1, 2
Total	5 of 5	100	11 of 11	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	5	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	3
Number of reverse dies (r)	8	Number of coins (n)	11
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.2	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.38
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.6	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	60 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	7.55	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	151,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	9.17	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00007
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	72.73%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,913.91
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	45 kg <br /> 45 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	7,284.77

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation