S 193 - Siphnos, silver, staters (475-460 BCE)
From SILVER
475 BCE - 460 BCE Silver 1,558 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo right |
| Reverse: | ΣΙΦ (Greek).Eagle flying right |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Siphnos | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 475 BCE | to | 460 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 12.00 | Denomination: | stater
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Standard: |
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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.]]1Sheedy 2006, p. 178-179, no. 14-19. | ||
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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 | 25 | 11, 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 50 | 6 | 75 | 10, 13 |
| Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 8 of 8 | 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) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 8 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.6 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.25 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 6.49 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 129,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 8 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00006 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 75% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,465.33 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,558 kg <br /> 1,558 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 6,163.33 |
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.
