S 596 - Hierapytna, bronze, Module D (80-70 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9514

80 BCE - 70 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Male Head
Reverse:	Monogram of the city (Greek).Palm tree

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Hierapytna

Ancient region:

Crete

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

80 BCE

to

70 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Denomination:

Module D

Standard:

Image

]]S 596 Hierapytna bronze 80-70.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. 326-385.
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/hierapytna stefanaki 2020 51-57

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	2	13.33	2	3.33	8, 11
2	4	26.67	8	13.33	4, 5, 6, 15
4	4	26.67	16	26.67	3, 10, 12, 13
5	2	13.33	10	16.67	2, 14
7	2	13.33	14	23.33	1, 9
10	1	6.67	10	16.67	7
Total	15 of 15	100	60 of 60	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	15	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	2
Number of reverse dies (r)	26	Number of coins (n)	60
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.31
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.73	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	13.33 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	17.48	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	349,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	20	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00017
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	96.67%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	6,864.99
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	17,162.47

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