S 586 - Hierapytna, bronze, Module D (150-100 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9423

150 BCE - 100 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:
Reverse:	(IE) (Greek).

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Hierapytna

Ancient region:

Crete

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

150 BCE

to

100 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Denomination:

Module D

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. 144-148.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	2	66.67	2	40	1 (issue 18), 1 (issue 19)
3	1	33.33	3	60	1 (issue 20)
Total	3 of 3	100	5 of 5	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	3	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	2
Number of reverse dies (r)	3	Number of coins (n)	5
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.67	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.67
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	66.67 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	6.05	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	121,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	7.5	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00004
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	60%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,652.89
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	4,132.23

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