S 590 - Hierapytna, bronze, Module B (100-70 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9453

100 BCE - 70 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Tyche right, wearing earring.
Reverse:	Monogram of the city (Greek).

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:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

6.00

Denomination:

Module B

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. 171-174.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
4	1	100	4	100	1
Total	1 of 1	100	4 of 4	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)	2	Number of coins (n)	4
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	1.17	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	23,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	1.33	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00017
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	100%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	6,837.61
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	17,094.02

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation