S 75 - Aradus (Ptolemy VI), silver, didrachms (180-145 BCE) Duyrat

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8638

180 BCE - 145 BCE Silver 6,427 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Ptolemy I diademed
Reverse:	BAΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek).Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, date in field

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Aradus

Ancient region:

Phoenicia

Modern country: Syria

Authority:

Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC), Ptolemy VI Philometor (Ptolemaic king, 180-145 BC)

Chronology

From

180 BCE

to

145 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

7.00

Denomination:

didrachm

Standard:

Ptolemaic

Image

]]S 75 - Aradus (Ptolemy VI), silver, didrachms (180-145 BCE) Duyrat.jpg [1]

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. 116-118.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	11	25.58	11	4.01
2	4	9.3	8	2.92
3	4	9.3	12	4.38
4	1	2.33	4	1.46
5	2	4.65	10	3.65
6	3	6.98	18	6.57
7	3	6.98	21	7.66
8	3	6.98	24	8.76
9	3	6.98	27	9.85
10	1	2.33	10	3.65
11	3	6.98	33	12.04
12	1	2.33	12	4.38
17	1	2.33	17	6.2
20	1	2.33	20	7.3
21	1	2.33	21	7.66
26	1	2.33	26	9.49
Total	43 of 43	100.04	274 of 274	99.98

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	43	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	11
Number of reverse dies (r)	140	Number of coins (n)	274
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	6.37	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.96
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	3.26	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	25.58 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	45.91	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	918,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	51	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00030
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	95.99%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	11,936.4
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	6,427 kg <br /> 6,427 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	29,840.99

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