S 65 - Aradus, silver, diobol, 111-30 BC
From SILVER
111 BCE - 30 BCE Silver 114 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Winged head of Medusa front |
| Reverse: | Aplustre |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aradus | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Syria | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 111 BCE | to | 30 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.15 | Denomination: | diobol
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Standard: |
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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. 108, no. 4405-4417 (series VIII). | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 15.38 | 3, 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 38.46 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 46.15 | 2 |
| Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 13 of 13 | 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) | 3 | Number of coins (n) | 13 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.25 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 4.33 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.75 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 4.94 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 98,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 5.78 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00013 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 84.62% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,263.16 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 114 kg <br /> 114 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 13,157.89 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Duyrat, Frédérique (2005), Arados hellénistique. Etude historique et monétaire, Beirut
