S 203 - Thera, silver, staters (525-500 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9062

525 BCE - 500 BCE Silver

Description

Obverse:	Two dolphins swimming in opposite directions.
Reverse:	Incuse square divided into eight triangles, some of which are filled.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Thera

Ancient region:

Cyclades

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

525 BCE

to

500 BCE

Period: Archaic until 480 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

12.00

Denomination:

stater

Standard:

Image

]]S 203 - Thera, silver, staters (525-500 BCE).jpg [1]

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. 186-188, no. 1-24.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	0	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0
Number of reverse dies (r)	24	Number of coins (n)	66
Coins per obverse die (n/o)		Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.75
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ		Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	0	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	100%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ		Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ

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