S 301 - Naxos, silver, drachms (200-180 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8639

200 BCE - 180 BCE Silver 265 kg

Description

Obverse:	Bearded head of Dionysus
Reverse:	NAΞI (Greek).Kantharos

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

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

3.70

Denomination:

drachma

Standard:

Image

]]S 301 Naxos Drachm 200-180.jpg [1]

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 web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/naxos nicolet-pierre 2010 331 28

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	1	33.33	1	9.09	3
2	1	33.33	2	18.18	2
8	1	33.33	8	72.73	1
Total	3 of 3	99.99	11 of 11	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	3	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	1
Number of reverse dies (r)	4	Number of coins (n)	11
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	3.67	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.75
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.33	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	33.33 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	3.58	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	71,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	4.13	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00015
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	90.91%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	6,145.25
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	265 kg <br /> 265 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	15,363.13

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