S 318 - Poseidonia, silver, didrachm, 425-410 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8891

425 BCE - 410 BCE Silver 0 kg

Description

Obverse:
Reverse:

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Poseidonia

Ancient region:

Lucania

Modern country: Italy

Authority:

Chronology

From

425 BCE

to

410 BCE

Period: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Denomination:

didrachm

Standard:

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 2003, p. 122-124, n° #316-#327.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
2	1	20	2	4.65
6	1	20	6	13.95
8	1	20	8	18.6
10	1	20	10	23.26
17	1	20	17	39.53
Total	5 of 5	100	43 of 43	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	5	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ
Number of reverse dies (r)	10	Number of coins (n)	43
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	8.6	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	4.3
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	5.15	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	103,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	5.66	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00042
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	16,699.03
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	0 kg <br /> 0 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	41,747.57

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