S 594 - Hierapytna, silver, drachms (100-70 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9506

100 BCE - 70 BCE Silver 349 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Tyche
Reverse:	IEPAΠY (Greek).Eagle (left), palm tree (middle)

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

3.80

Denomination:

drachma

Standard:

Attic

Image

]]S 594 Hierapytna drachm 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. 197, 217-218, 227-229, 253-262, 277.
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	50	2	11.76	1, 4
5	1	25	5	29.41	2
10	1	25	10	58.82	3
Total	4 of 4	100	17 of 17	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	4	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	2
Number of reverse dies (r)	5	Number of coins (n)	17
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4.25	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	3.4
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.25	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	4.59	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	91,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	5.23	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00019
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	88.24%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	7,407.41
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	349 kg <br /> 349 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	18,518.52

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation