S 2121 - Salamis (Euelthon I), silver, twelfth staters (520-500 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 14631


520 BCE - 500 BCE Silver 629 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of ram left
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Blank
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Salamis Ancient regionAncient region.: Cyprus Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: Euelthon of Salamis (king of Salamis, last quarter of the 6th c. BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 500 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic until 480 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 0.70 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 12th stater StandardStandard.:
Image
S2121 Salamis 530-500 twelth staters.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: McGregor 19991McGregor 1999, p. xiv-xvii, Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 98
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1 16 61.54 16 32.65 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
2 2 7.69 4 8.16 4, 7
3 4 15.38 12 24.49 3, 8, 9, 10
4 3 11.54 12 24.49 1, 5, 6
5 1 3.85 5 10.2 2
Total 26 of 26 100 49 of 49 99.99
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 26 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  16
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 49
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 1.88 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  61.54 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  44.92 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  898,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 55.39 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00005
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 67.35% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  2,181.66
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  629 kg <br /> 629 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  5,454.14
Remarks


References

  1. ^  McGregor, Kaelyn Ann (1999), The Coinage of Salamis, Cyprus, from the Sixth to the Fourth Centuries, University College London, unpublished PhD Thesis, London, 2 vol.
  2. ^  Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.