S 576 - Kea (uncertain mint), bronze (Aristaeus/star) (220-180 BCE)
From SILVER
220 BCE - 180 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Aristaeus r. |
| Reverse: | KEI (Greek).8-rays star |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Kea (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Keian League |
Chronology
| From | 220 BCE | to | 180 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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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. 106, n° 140-150 (series III) | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 10 | Number of coins (n) | 12 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.2 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.25 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 62.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 19.23 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 384,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 24 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 58.33% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,248.05 |
| 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 | 3,120.12 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Papageorgiadou-Banis, Charikleia (1997), The Coinage of Kea, Meletemata 24, Athens, viii, 107 p., 21 pl.
