S 53 - Aradus, bronze, NC, 219-195 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9271

219 BCE - 195 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Tyche right
Reverse:	Palm tree

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Aradus

Ancient region:

Phoenicia

Modern country: Syria

Authority:

Chronology

From

219 BCE

to

195 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

2.6

Denomination:

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. 51, no. 1630-1642 (series 2).
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	7	77.78	7	53.85	1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
3	2	22.22	6	46.15	2, 3
Total	9 of 9	100	13 of 13	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	9	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	7
Number of reverse dies (r)	12	Number of coins (n)	13
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.44	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.08
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.33	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	77.78 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	23.36	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	467,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	29.25	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	46.15%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,113.01
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	2,782.53

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation