S 2122 - Salamis (Euelthon I), silver, twentyfourth staters (520-500 BCE)
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520 BCE - 500 BCE Silver 202 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of ram 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 | 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 | 0.35 | Denomination: | 24th stater | Standard: |
Image
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. xvii-xviii | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 14 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 8 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 23 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.64 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 57.14 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 28.84 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 576,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 35.78 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 65.22% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,595.01 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 202 kg <br /> 202 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,987.52 |
Remarks
References
- ^ 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Kaelyn Ann (1999), The Coinage of Salamis, Cyprus, from the Sixth to the Fourth Centuries, University College London, unpublished PhD Thesis, London, 2 vol.
