S 585 - Hierapytna, bronze, Module E (230-175 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9078

230 BCE - 175 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:
Reverse:	monogram of the city ; I - AP ; IA (Greek).

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Hierapytna

Ancient region:

Crete

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

230 BCE

to

175 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Denomination:

Module E

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 2005, no. 8-9, 20-21, 42-52, 79-82, 129-143.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	1	11.11	1	2.94	1 (issue 12)
2	3	33.33	6	17.65	1 (issue 5), 1 (issue 8), 3 (issue 11)
4	4	44.44	16	47.06	1 (issue 11), 2 (issue 11), 1 (issue 14), 1 (issue 17)
11	1	11.11	11	32.35	1 (issue 16)
Total	9 of 9	99.99	34 of 34	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	9	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	1
Number of reverse dies (r)	12	Number of coins (n)	34
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	3.78	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.83
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.33	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	11.11 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	10.64	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	212,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	12.24	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00016
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	97.06%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	6,390.98
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	15,977.44

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation