S 221 - Naxos, silver, staters (520-490 BCE) Sheedy
From SILVER
520 BCE - 490 BCE Silver 14,566 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Kantharos with hanging vine on each handle |
| Reverse: | Quadripartite incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Naxos | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 520 BCE | to | 490 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 12.60 | 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.]]1Sheedy 2006, p. 195-199, n° 13-56. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 22 | 68.75 | 22 | 37.93 | 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 |
| 2 | 3 | 9.38 | 6 | 10.34 | 19, 25, 26 |
| 3 | 4 | 12.5 | 12 | 20.69 | 14, 15, 24, 29 |
| 5 | 2 | 6.25 | 10 | 17.24 | 10, 17 |
| 8 | 1 | 3.13 | 8 | 13.79 | 9 |
| Total | 32 of 32 | 100.01 | 58 of 58 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 32 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 22 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 42 | Number of coins (n) | 58 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.81 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.38 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.31 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 68.75 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 57.8 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,156,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 71.38 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 62.07% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,006.92 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 14,566 kg <br /> 14,566 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 5,017.3 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Sheedy, Kenneth A. (2006), The Archaic and Early Classical Coinages of the Cyclades, RNS Spec. Publ. 40, London, viii, 261 p., 20 pl.
