S 946 - Chersonesos, silver, diobol, 400-390 BC
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400 BCE - 390 BCE Silver 39 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Parthenos left, wearing kerkyphalos. |
| Reverse: | XEP (Greek).Fish right and club. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Chersonesos | Ancient region: | Bosporus | Modern country: Russia (Crimea) | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 400 BCE | to | 390 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.90 | Denomination: | diobol
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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.]]1Kovalenko 2008, p. 106-107, no. 5-8. | ||
| Coin series reference: | |||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 9 | 1 | 100 | 9 | 100 | 1 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 9 of 9 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 3 | Number of coins (n) | 9 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 9 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 3 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 1.03 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 20,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.13 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00044 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 17,475.73 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 39 kg <br /> 39 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 43,689.32 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Kovalenko, Sergei (2008), Die spätklassiche Münzprägung von Chersonesos Taurica, Berlin, 156 p., 18 pl.
