S 581 - Hierapytna, silver, didrachms (340-300 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9464

340 BCE - 300 BCE Silver 373 kg

Description

Obverse:	IPAΠV (Greek).Triskeles
Reverse:	Forepart of boar r. in a laurel wreath

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Hierapytna

Ancient region:

Crete

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

340 BCE

to

300 BCE

Period: Classical 480-323 BC , Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

11.50

Denomination:

didrachm

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.]]1Stefanaki 2021, p. 218.
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/hierapytna stefanaki 2020 1

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
2	1	100	2	100	1
Total	1 of 1	100	2 of 2	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	1	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0
Number of reverse dies (r)	2	Number of coins (n)	2
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	1.62	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	32,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	2	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	100%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,469.14
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	373 kg <br /> 373 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	6,172.84

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation