S 68 - Aradus, bronze, NC, 94-93 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9697

94 BCE - 93 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Helios right
Reverse:	Wheat ears, vine branches and grapes

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Aradus

Ancient region:

Phoenicia

Modern country: Syria

Authority:

Chronology

From

94 BCE

to

93 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

6.00

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. 112, no. 4603-4617 (series 13).
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	6	66.67	6	40	1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9
2	2	22.22	4	26.67	5, 6
5	1	11.11	5	33.33	8
Total	9 of 9	100	15 of 15	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	9	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	6
Number of reverse dies (r)	12	Number of coins (n)	15
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.67	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.25
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.33	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	66.67 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	18.15	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	363,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	22.5	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00004
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	60%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,652.89
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	4,132.23

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation