S 426 - Chalcis (Rhodian power), silver, drachms (205-190 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8763

205 BCE - 190 BCE Silver 4,133 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Helios facing slightly right
Reverse:	Rose with bud to right and lyre to left.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Chalcis

Ancient region:

Euboea

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Rhodian power

Chronology

From

205 BCE

to

190 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

2.60

Denomination:

drachma

Standard:

Rhodian

Image

]]S426 Chalcis rhodian.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.]]1Ashton 2000
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	9	90	9	81.82
2	1	10	2	18.18
Total	10 of 10	100	11 of 11	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	10	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	9
Number of reverse dies (r)	7	Number of coins (n)	11
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.1	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.57
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	0.7	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	90 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	79.48	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	1,589,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	110	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00001
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	18.18%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	276.8
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	4,133 kg <br /> 4,133 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	692

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