S 202 - Melos, silver, staters (450-440 BCE)
From SILVER
450 BCE - 440 BCE Silver 3,226 kg
Description
| Obverse: | MAΛΙ ou MAΛΙOΝ (Greek).Apple on stem with two leaves. |
| Reverse: | Quadripartite incuse circle, pellets along periphery of quarters. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Melos | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 450 BCE | to | 440 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 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: |
Image
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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. 185, no. 24-31. | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 4 | Number of coins (n) | 14 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.57 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 57.14 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 11.36 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 227,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 14 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00006 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 71.43% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,464.79 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 3,226 kg <br /> 3,226 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 6,161.97 |
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.
