S 428 - Euboea (uncertain mint) (Rhodian power), silver, drachms (172-171 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9273

172 BCE - 171 BCE Silver 619 kg

Description

Obverse:
Reverse:	PO (Greek).

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Euboea (uncertain mint)

Ancient region:

Euboea

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Rhodian power

Chronology

From

172 BCE

to

171 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

2.60

Denomination:

drachma

Standard:

Rhodian

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, p. 93-116, pl. 5-9.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	3	37.5	3	16.67
3	5	62.5	15	83.33
Total	8 of 8	100	18 of 18	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	8	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	3
Number of reverse dies (r)	11	Number of coins (n)	18
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.25	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.64
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.38	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	37.5 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	11.9	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	238,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	14.4	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00008
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	83.33%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	3,025.21
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	619 kg <br /> 619 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	7,563.03

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