S 300 - Naxos, silver, didrachms (200-180 BCE)
From SILVER
200 BCE - 180 BCE Silver 1,453 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of bearded Dionysus r., wearing ivy wreath. |
| Reverse: | NAΞI (Greek).Wreathed kantharos on a high foot with low handles, to r., thyrsos, ΚΡΗΘΕ |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Naxos | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 200 BCE | to | 180 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 7.60 | Denomination: | didrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
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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.]]1Nicolet-Pierre 1999, p. 97-102 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 6, n° 629 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 3.45 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 13.79 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 20.69 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 12.5 | 4 | 13.79 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 12.5 | 5 | 17.24 | 5 |
| 9 | 1 | 12.5 | 9 | 31.03 | 6 |
| Total | 8 of 8 | 100 | 29 of 29 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 15 | Number of coins (n) | 29 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.63 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.93 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.88 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 12.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.56 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 191,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 11.05 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00015 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 96.55% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,066.95 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,453 kg <br /> 1,453 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 15,167.36 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Nicolet-Pierre, Hélène (1999), "Les cratérophores de Naxos (Cyclades) : émissions monétaires d’argent à l’époque hellénistique", Revue numismatique, 154, p. 95-119, pl. 13-22
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
