S 303 - Poseidonia, silver, staters (530-490 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9417

530 BCE - 475 BCE Silver 8,918 kg

Description

Obverse:	ΠΟΣ, ΠΟΣEI ou ΠΟΣEIΔΑΝΙ (Greek).Poseidon, naked but for chlamys over shoulder, advancing right brandishing trident in right hand and extending left arm, **POS* retrograde to left, dotted border
Reverse:	Poseidon striding left as on obverse, reversed and incuse

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Poseidonia

Ancient region:

Lucania

Modern country: Italy

Authority:

Chronology

From

530 BCE

to

475 BCE

Period: Archaic until 480 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

7.90

Denomination:

stater , nomos, didrachm

Standard:

Image

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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.]]1Brousseau 2009, p. 271-298 (O1-O54)
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
6	1	1.92	6	2.02	42
10	1	1.92	10	3.37	53
11	1	1.92	11	3.7	12
13	1	1.92	13	4.38	27
15	1	1.92	15	5.05	24
22	1	1.92	22	7.41	29
1	11	21.15	11	3.7	1;6;7;9;16;17;18;34;45;49;54
2	5	9.62	10	3.37	2;14;40;50;52
3	6	11.54	18	6.06	11;19;39;44;47;48
4	4	7.69	16	5.39	5;20;23;37
5	6	11.54	30	10.1	3;8;22;32;41;46
7	4	7.69	28	9.43	4;10;21;26
8	3	5.77	24	8.08	13;30;43
9	3	5.77	27	9.09	25;36;38
12	2	3.85	24	8.08	28;33
16	2	3.85	32	10.77	31;35
Total	52 of 52	99.99	297 of 297	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	52	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	11
Number of reverse dies (r)	88	Number of coins (n)	297
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	5.71	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	3.38
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.69	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	21.15 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	56.44	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	1,128,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	63.04	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00026
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	96.3%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	10,524.45
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	8,918 kg <br /> 8,918 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	26,311.13

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