S 2118 - Salamis (Euelthon I), silver, staters (530-500 BCE)
From SILVER
530 BCE - 500 BCE Silver 23,790 kg
Description
| Obverse: | [[Obverse legend::𐠁[𐠄𐠳]-𐠐𐠰[𐠚] ('[E-[u-fe]-le-tho-[ne]' in Cypriot syllabic script)]] (Cypriot).Ram recumbent to left |
| Reverse: | Blank |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Salamis | Ancient region: | Cyprus | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Euelthon of Salamis (king of Salamis, last quarter of the 6th c. BC) |
Chronology
| From | 530 BCE | to | 500 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 10.80 | 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.]]1McGregor 1999, p. i-xi, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Tziambazis 2002, n° 95 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 40 | 68.97 | 40 | 39.6 | 2, 7, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58 |
| 2 | 7 | 12.07 | 14 | 13.86 | 5, 8, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20 |
| 3 | 4 | 6.9 | 12 | 11.88 | 3, 6, 12, 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 3.45 | 8 | 7.92 | 4, 17 |
| 5 | 4 | 6.9 | 20 | 19.8 | 1, 9, 14, 19 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.72 | 7 | 6.93 | 10 |
| Total | 58 of 58 | 100.01 | 101 of 101 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 58 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 40 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 101 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.74 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 68.97 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 110.14 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 2,202,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 136.23 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 60.4% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,834.03 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 23,790 kg <br /> 23,790 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,585.07 |
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