S 60 - Aradus, bronze, NC, 174-9 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9688

174 BCE - 9 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Tyche right
Reverse:	Aplustre

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Aradus

Ancient region:

Syria (Phoenicia)

Modern country: Syria

Authority:

Chronology

From

174 BCE

to

9 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

1.55

Denomination:

Standard:

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. 71-72, no. 2495-2572 (series 8).
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	23	54.76	23	30.26	2, 5, 6, 7, 14, 16, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42
2	11	26.19	22	28.95	1, 3, 8, 9, 13, 15, 18, 20, 21, 34, 41
3	5	11.9	15	19.74	10, 12, 23, 25, 33
4	2	4.76	8	10.53	4, 11
8	1	2.38	8	10.53	28
Total	42 of 42	99.99	76 of 76	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	42	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	23
Number of reverse dies (r)	62	Number of coins (n)	76
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.81	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.23
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.48	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	54.76 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	76.02	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	1,520,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	93.88	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00005
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	69.74%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,999.47
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	4,998.68

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation