S 573 - Carthaea, bronze (Aristaeus/star) (220-180 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8869

220 BCE - 180 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Bearded head of Aristaeus
Reverse:	KAPΘA (Greek).8-rays star

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

2.00

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]S573 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, n° 160-173 (series XI)
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 3081

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	5	55.56	5	25	89, 90, 91, 92, 93
2	2	22.22	4	20	85, 88
3	1	11.11	3	15	87
8	1	11.11	8	40	86
Total	9 of 9	100	20 of 20	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	9	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	5
Number of reverse dies (r)	11	Number of coins (n)	20
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.22	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.82
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.22	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	55.56 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	13.5	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	270,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	16.36	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00007
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	75%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,962.96
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	7,407.41

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation