S 907 - Sindike?, silver, hemiobols (450-400 BCE)
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450 BCE - 400 BCE Silver 40 kg
Description
| Obverse: | |
| Reverse: | ΣΙΝ(ΔΩΝ) (Greek). |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Sindike | Ancient region: | Bosporus | Modern country: Russia | Authority: | The Sindi, Sindones or Sindianoi (people in the Taman Peninsula and the coast of Pontus) |
Chronology
| From | 450 BCE | to | 400 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.40 | Denomination: | hemiobol
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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.]]1N. Frolova, Die frühe Münzprägung vom Kimmerischen Bosporos (Mitte 6. Bis Anfang 4. Jh.v.Chr.). Die Münzen der Städte Pantikapaion, Theodosia, Nymphaion und Phanagoria sowie der Sinder, Berlin, 2004 (p. 64-67, no. 14, 38-40, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2types II et V). | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 7.69 | |
| 3 | 2 | 50 | 6 | 46.15 | |
| 6 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 46.15 | |
| Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 13 of 13 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 4 | Number of coins (n) | 13 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.25 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.25 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 25 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 4.94 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 98,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 5.78 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00013 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 92.31% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,263.16 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 40 kg <br /> 40 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 13,157.89 |
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