S 908 - Sindike?, silver, tetartemoria (450-400 BCE)
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450 BCE - 400 BCE Silver 30 kg
Description
| Obverse: | |
| Reverse: | ΣΙΝΔΩΝ (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 | 0.25 | Denomination: | tetartemorion
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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. 65-66, no. 15-16, 24-26, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2types II et IV). | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 3 | 60 | 3 | 17.65 | |
| 4 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 23.53 | |
| 10 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 58.82 | |
| Total | 5 of 5 | 100 | 17 of 17 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 17 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.4 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 60 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 6.09 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 121,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 7.08 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00014 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 82.35% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,582.92 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 30 kg <br /> 30 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 13,957.31 |
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