S 568 - Carthaea, bronze (Aristaeus/grapes) (330-280 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9200

330 BCE - 280 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:
Reverse:	KAP (Greek).

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Carthaea

Ancient region:

Cyclades

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

330 BCE

to

280 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

1.30

Denomination:

Standard:

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Papageorgiadou-Banis 1997, p. 97, n) 36-40 (series VI)
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	2	50	2	33.33	20, 21
2	2	50	4	66.67	22, 23
Total	4 of 4	100	6 of 6	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	4	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	2
Number of reverse dies (r)	2	Number of coins (n)	6
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.5	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	3
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	0.5	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	9.62	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	192,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	12	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	66.67%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,247.4
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	3,118.5

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation