S 697 - Paros, silver, hemidrachms (400-300 BCE)
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400 BCE - 300 BCE Silver 213 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Goat standing right |
| Reverse: | ΠΑ (Greek).Grain ear |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Paros | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 400 BCE | to | 300 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.90 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
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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.]]1Tully 2013, p. 72-73, series H1-2. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 2 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 16.67 | O3 (H1), O1 (H2) |
| 3 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 12.5 | O2 (H1) |
| 6 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 25 | O2 (H2) |
| 10 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 41.67 | O1 (H1) |
| Total | 5 of 5 | 100 | 23 of 24 | 95.84 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 24 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 4.8 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.43 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.4 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 5.6 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 112,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 6.32 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00021 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 8,571.43 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 213 kg <br /> 213 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 21,428.57 |
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.
