S 198 - Melos, silver, staters (530-515 BCE)
From SILVER
530 BCE - 515 BCE Silver 3,956 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Apple. |
| Reverse: | Incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Melos | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 530 BCE | to | 515 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 14.20 | 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. 181-182, no. 1-5. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 4 | 80 | 4 | 57.14 | 1, 2, 3, 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 42.86 | 4 |
| Total | 5 of 5 | 100 | 7 of 7 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 7 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.4 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 80 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 13.93 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 278,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 17.5 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 42.86% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,005.03 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 3,956 kg <br /> 3,956 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 2,512.56 |
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.
