S 949 - Chersonesos, bronze, trichalkon, 400-390 BC
From SILVER
400 BCE - 390 BCE Bronze
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: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 3.00 | Denomination: | trichalkon
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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. 107-108, no. 13-18. | ||
| Coin series reference: | |||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 3 | 75 | 3 | 33.33 | 2, 3, 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 44.44 | 1 |
| Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 7 of 9 | 77.77 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 9 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.25 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.8 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.25 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 75 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 5.95 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 119,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 7.2 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00008 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 66.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,025.21 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 7,563.03 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Kovalenko, Sergei (2008), Die spätklassiche Münzprägung von Chersonesos Taurica, Berlin, 156 p., 18 pl.
