S 59 - Aradus, silver, tetradrachm, 174-173 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9055

174 BCE - 173 BCE Silver 520 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Zeus right
Reverse:	APAΔΙΩΝ (Greek).Zeus standing left, right arme stretched, scepter in left arm, thunderbolt in right arm.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Aradus

Ancient region:

Phoenicia

Modern country: Syria

Authority:

Chronology

From

174 BCE

to

173 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

16.05

Denomination:

tetradrachm

Standard:

Attic

Image

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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. 70, no. 2493-2494 (series V).
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
2	1	100	2	100	1
Total	1 of 1	100	2 of 2	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	1	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ
Number of reverse dies (r)	2	Number of coins (n)	2
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	1.62	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	32,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	2	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,469.14
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	520 kg <br /> 520 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	6,172.84

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation