S 759 - Cydonia, silver, hemidrachms (330-270 BCE)
From SILVER
330 BCE - 270 BCE Silver 1,250 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Turtle. |
| Reverse: |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Cydonia | Ancient region: | Crete | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 330 BCE | to | 270 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 2.60 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
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Standard: |
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Stefanakis 1997, p. 86-89, n° 173-178, 180, 186-190 (Period II, Group 6, Types N, P). | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 5 | 50 | 5 | 33.33 | |
| 2 | 5 | 50 | 10 | 66.67 | |
| Total | 10 of 10 | 100 | 15 of 15 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 10 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 11 | Number of coins (n) | 15 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.36 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 24.04 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 480,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 30 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 66.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,247.92 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,250 kg <br /> 1,250 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,119.8 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Stefanakis, Manolis. I (1997), Studies in the coinages of Crete with particular reference to Kydonia [Unpublished doctoral dissertation], London University.
