S 571 - Carthaea, bronze (Aristaeus/Sirius) (220-180 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9496

220 BCE - 180 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Laureate head of Aristaios to right
Reverse:	KAP (Greek).Radiate forepart of the dog Seirios to left

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Carthaea

Ancient region:

Cyclades

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

220 BCE

to

180 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

4.40

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]S571 Carthaia.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.]]1Papageorgiadou-Banis 1997, p. 101, no. 155-157 (series IX, Bronze).
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	1	50	1	33.33	83
2	1	50	2	66.67	82
Total	2 of 2	100	3 of 3	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	1
Number of reverse dies (r)	3	Number of coins (n)	3
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.5	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.5	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	4.81	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	96,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	6	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