S 583 - Hierapytna, silver, obols (300-270 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8923

300 BCE - 270 BCE Silver 19 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.
Reverse:	IEPA (Greek).Palm-tree, eagle turning his head l.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Hierapytna

Ancient region:

Crete

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

300 BCE

to

270 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

0.75

Denomination:

obol

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. 218-219.
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/hierapytna stefanaki 2020 2-3

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
3	1	100	3	100	1
Total	1 of 1	100	3 of 3	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)	1	Number of coins (n)	3
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	3	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	3
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	1.27	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	25,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	1.5	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00012
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	100%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	4,724.41
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	19 kg <br /> 19 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	11,811.02

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation