S 58 - Aradus, bronze, NC, 176-18 BC
From SILVER
176 BCE - 18 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Tyche right |
| Reverse: | Poseidon sitting on the bow of a ship |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aradus | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Syria | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 176 BCE | to | 18 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 6.70 | Denomination: | Standard: |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Duyrat 2005, p. 66-70, no. 2237-2492 (series 7). | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 36 | 37.11 | 36 | 14.57 | 6, 7, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 33, 38, 39, 40, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 61, 62, 63, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 92, 95, 97 |
| 2 | 23 | 23.71 | 46 | 18.62 | 5, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 30, 31, 34, 41, 43, 55, 57, 58, 60, 64, 65, 69, 72, 86, 90, 91 |
| 3 | 17 | 17.53 | 51 | 20.65 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 16, 18, 20, 27, 42, 47, 54, 59, 68, 70, 76, 80 |
| 4 | 9 | 9.28 | 36 | 14.57 | 9, 26, 32, 36, 37, 52, 71, 73, 88 |
| 5 | 6 | 6.19 | 30 | 12.15 | 5, 29, 35, 82, 93, 96 |
| 7 | 3 | 3.09 | 21 | 8.5 | 19, 56, 94 |
| 8 | 2 | 2.06 | 16 | 6.48 | 53, 67 |
| 11 | 1 | 1.03 | 11 | 4.45 | 66 |
| Total | 97 of 97 | 100 | 247 of 247 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 97 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 36 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 180 | Number of coins (n) | 247 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.55 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.37 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.86 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 37.11 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 133.79 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 2,675,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 159.73 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00009 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 85.43% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,692.35 |
| 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 | 9,230.88 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Duyrat, Frédérique (2005), Arados hellénistique. Etude historique et monétaire, Beirut
