S 588 - Hierapytna, silver, tetradrachms (100-70 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8915

100 BCE - 70 BCE Silver 1,924 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Tyche right, wearing earring.
Reverse:	IEPAΠY(TNIΩN) (Greek).Palm tree (middle), eagle (right).

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Hierapytna

Ancient region:

Crete

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

100 BCE

to

70 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

16.50

Denomination:

tetradrachm

Standard:

Attic

Image

]]S 588 Hierapytna tetradrachm 100-70.jpg [1]

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. 167-168, 182-191, 243-245, 263-267.
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/hierapytna stefanaki 2020 22 27-46

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	2	40	2	10	1, 2
3	1	20	3	15	4
5	1	20	5	25	5
10	1	20	10	50	3
Total	5 of 5	100	20 of 20	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	5	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	2
Number of reverse dies (r)	8	Number of coins (n)	20
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.5
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.6	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	40 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	5.83	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	116,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	6.67	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00017
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	90%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	6,861.06
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	1,924 kg <br /> 1,924 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	17,152.66

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation