S 703 - Paros, bronze, tetrachalka (female head/goat) (300-75 BCE)
From SILVER
300 BCE - 75 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Wreathed head of female right |
| Reverse: | ΠΑΡI (Greek).Goat standing left |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Paros | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 300 BCE | to | 75 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 6.50 | Denomination: | tetrachalkon
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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. 123-130, Series 4B.1-6. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 11 | 39.29 | 11 | 16.67 | 3 (4B.1), 4 (4B.1), 7 (4B.2), 8 (4B.2), 12 (4B.2), 15 (4B.2), 16 (4B.2), 1 (4B.3), 1 (4B.4), 1 (4B.5), 1 (4B.6) |
| 2 | 6 | 21.43 | 12 | 18.18 | 2 (4B.1), 6 (4B.1), 8 (4B.1), 4 (4B.2), 9 (4B.2), 11 (4B.2) |
| 3 | 6 | 21.43 | 18 | 27.27 | 1 (4B.1), 7 (4B.1), 1 (4B.2), 3 (4B.2), 5 (4B.2), 14 (4B.2) |
| 4 | 2 | 7.14 | 8 | 12.12 | 2 (4B.2), 13 (4B.2) |
| 5 | 2 | 7.14 | 10 | 15.15 | 5 (4B.1), 10 (4B.2) |
| 7 | 1 | 3.57 | 7 | 10.61 | 6 (4B.2) |
| Total | 28 of 28 | 100 | 66 of 66 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 28 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 11 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 44 | Number of coins (n) | 66 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.36 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.57 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 39.29 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 40.41 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 808,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 48.63 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00008 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 83.33% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,266.52 |
| 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 | 8,166.3 |
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.
