S 54 - Aradus, bronze, NC, 215-175 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9120

215 BCE - 175 BCE Bronze

Description

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

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Aradus

Ancient region:

Phoenicia

Modern country: Syria

Authority:

Chronology

From

215 BCE

to

175 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

6.30

Denomination:

NC

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. 52-54, no. 1643-1732 (series 3).
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	28	54.9	28	32.56	2, 4, 7, 9, 16, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51
2	18	35.29	36	41.86	3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, 27, 28, 29, 41, 43, 46
3	2	3.92	6	6.98	31, 37
4	2	3.92	8	9.3	1, 14
8	1	1.96	8	9.3	20
Total	51 of 51	99.99	86 of 86	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	51	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	28
Number of reverse dies (r)	75	Number of coins (n)	86
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.69	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.15
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.47	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	54.9 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	101.16	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	2,023,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	125.31	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00004
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	67.44%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,700.28
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	4,250.69

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation