S 51 - Aradus, silver, hemidrachm, 241-109 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9059

241 BCE - 109 BCE Silver 694 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Tyche right
Reverse:	Monogram of the city (Greek).Ship bow

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Aradus

Ancient region:

Phoenicia

Modern country: Syria

Authority:

Chronology

From

241 BCE

to

109 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

1.90

Denomination:

hemidrachm

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.]]1Duyrat 2005, p. 49-50, no. 1558-1628 (series III).
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	4	25	4	5.71	3, 5, 6, 8
2	2	12.5	4	5.71	11, 14
3	3	18.75	9	12.86	4, 9, 15
5	1	6.25	5	7.14	16
6	2	12.5	12	17.14	1, 13
7	1	6.25	7	10	2
8	1	6.25	8	11.43	7
12	1	6.25	12	17.14	10
9	1	6.25	9	12.86	12
Total	16 of 16	100	70 of 70	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	16	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	4
Number of reverse dies (r)	21	Number of coins (n)	70
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4.38	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	3.33
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.31	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	25 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	18.26	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	365,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	20.74	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00019
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	94.29%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	7,667.03
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	694 kg <br /> 694 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	19,167.58

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation