S 340 - Sicyon, bronze, NC, 330-100 BC
From SILVER
330 BCE - 100 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Dove flying left or right. (In the field, Θ.) |
| Reverse: | Wreath or letters within a wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Sicyon | Ancient region: | Peloponnesus | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 330 BCE | to | 100 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 3.50 | Denomination: | 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.]]1Warren 1998, p. 347-361, pl. 74-75 (p. 350-354). | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 154 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 112 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 149 | Number of coins (n) | 242 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.57 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.62 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.97 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 72.73 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 340.5 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 6,810,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 423.5 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 53.72% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,421.44 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,553.6 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Warren, Jennifer A. W. (1998), "Updating (and Downdating) the Autonomous Bronze Coinage of Sikyon", in Richard Ashton and Silvia Hurter (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in Memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 347-361, pl. 74-75.
