S 2120 - Salamis (Euelthon I), silver, sixth staters (520-500 BCE)
From SILVER
520 BCE - 500 BCE Silver 439 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Ram recumbent to left, legend above |
| 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 | 520 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 | 1.75 | Denomination: | 1/6 stater | 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. xii-xiv, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Tziambazis 2002, n° 97 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 10 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 31 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.1 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 12.55 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 251,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 14.76 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00012 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 83.87% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 4,940.24 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 439 kg <br /> 439 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 12,350.6 |
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