S 55 - Aradus, bronze, NC, 209-174 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8770

209 BCE - 174 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Tyche right
Reverse:	Tyche standing looking left, right arm stretched

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Aradus

Ancient region:

Phoenicia

Modern country: Syria

Authority:

Chronology

From

209 BCE

to

174 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

7.00

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]S 55 Aradus, bronze, NC, 209-174 BC.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.]]1Duyrat 2005, p. 55, no. 1733-1768 (series 4).
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	23	82.14	23	65.71	1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28
2	4	14.29	8	22.86	5, 10, 13, 23
4	1	3.57	4	11.43	26
Total	28 of 28	100	35 of 35	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	28	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	23
Number of reverse dies (r)	34	Number of coins (n)	35
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.25	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.03
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.21	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	82.14 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	109.2	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	2,184,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	140	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00002
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	34.29%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	641.03
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	1,602.56

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation