S 1960 - Ephesus, silver, tetradrachms (405-390 BCE) Kinns
From SILVER
405 BCE - 390 BCE Silver 3,852 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Ε - Φ (Greek).Bee |
| Reverse: | ΠEIΘAΓOPHΣ (Greek).Forepart of stag right, head left, palm tree to left |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ephesus | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 405 BCE | to | 390 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
|
Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
|
Median weight in grams | 15.20 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
|
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.]]1Ashton - Kinns - Konuk - Meadows 2002, p. 102-105 | ||
| Coin series reference: | |||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 12 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 55 | Number of coins (n) | 83 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 6.92 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.51 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 4.58 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 16.67 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 12.67 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 253,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 14.03 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00033 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 97.59% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 13,101.82 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 3,852 kg <br /> 3,852 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 32,754.54 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Ashton, Richard - Kinns, Philip - Konuk, Koray - Meadows, Andrew (2002), "The Hecatomnus Hoard (CH 5.17, 8.96, 9.387)", Coin Hoards, IX, London, p. 95-158
