S 184 - Cythnos, silver, tetrobol/drachma, 530-500 BC
From SILVER
530 BCE - 500 BCE Silver 1,898 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Boar Head. |
| Reverse: | Incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Cythnos | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 530 BCE | to | 500 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 4.00 | Denomination: | tetrobol , drachma
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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.]]1Sheedy 2006, p. 170-172, no. 1-24. | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 15 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 7 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 24 | Number of coins (n) | 31 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.07 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.29 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.6 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 46.67 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 23.72 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 474,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 29.06 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 77.42% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,613.83 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,898 kg <br /> 1,898 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 6,534.57 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Sheedy, Kenneth A. (2006), The Archaic and Early Classical Coinages of the Cyclades, RNS Spec. Publ. 40, London, viii, 261 p., 20 pl.
