S 951 - Chersonesos, bronze, hemichalkon, 400-390 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9202

400 BCE - 390 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Parthenos left, wearing kerkyphalos.
Reverse:	XEP (Greek).Fish left or 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

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

0.65

Denomination:

hemichalkon

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. 108-109, n° 20-38.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	8	88.89	8	38.1	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
3	1	11.11	3	14.29	3
Total	9 of 9	100	11 of 21	52.39

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	9	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	8
Number of reverse dies (r)	11	Number of coins (n)	21
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.33	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.91
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.22	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	88.89 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	13.07	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	261,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	15.75	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00008
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	61.9%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	3,213.47
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	8,033.66

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