S 694 - Paros, silver, didrachms (225-125 BCE)
From SILVER
225 BCE - 125 BCE Silver 2,127 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Female head right (Artemis?), hair tied over head with ribbon wrapped three times. |
| Reverse: | ANAXIK PARI in two lines above (Greek).goat standing right. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Paros | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 225 BCE | to | 125 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 7.70 | Denomination: | didrachm
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Standard: |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Tully 2013, p. 78-85, series Di1-3. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 4 | 30.77 | 4 | 4.65 | 7 (Di2), 9 (Di2), 10 (Di2), 1 (Di3) |
| 4 | 3 | 23.08 | 12 | 13.95 | 2 (Di1), 2 (Di2), 3 (Di2) |
| 6 | 1 | 7.69 | 6 | 6.98 | 5 (Di2) |
| 7 | 1 | 7.69 | 7 | 8.14 | 6 (Di2) |
| 10 | 2 | 15.38 | 20 | 23.26 | 4 (Di2), 8 (Di2) |
| 14 | 1 | 7.69 | 14 | 16.28 | 1 (Di1) |
| 23 | 1 | 7.69 | 23 | 26.74 | 1 (Di2) |
| Total | 13 of 13 | 99.99 | 86 of 86 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 13 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 25 | Number of coins (n) | 86 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 6.62 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.44 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.92 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 30.77 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 13.81 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 276,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 15.32 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00031 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 95.35% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 12,454.74 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 2,127 kg <br /> 2,127 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 31,136.86 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Tully, John A. N. Z. (2013), The Island Standard. The Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman Coinages of Paros, New York, xiv, 206 p., 27 pl.
