S 223 - Naxos, silver, trihemiobols (520-490 BCE) Sheedy
From SILVER
520 BCE - 490 BCE Silver 686 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Kantharos, with ivy leaf above |
| 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 | 1.10 | Denomination: | trihemiobol
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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.]]1Sheedy 2006, p. 199-200, n° 58-65 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 7 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 8 | Number of coins (n) | 10 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.25 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.25 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 87.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 31.2 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 624,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 40 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 30% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 641.03 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 686 kg <br /> 686 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 1,602.56 |
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.
