S 952 - Chersonesos, bronze, chalkous

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9074

375 BCE - 350 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of bull facing.
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

375 BCE

to

350 BCE

Period: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

1.20

Denomination:

chalkous

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. 110-113, n° 39-83.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	14	50	14	22.95	3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 25, 28
2	6	21.43	12	19.67	2, 8, 13, 15, 16, 20
3	3	10.71	9	14.75	5, 24, 27
4	2	7.14	8	13.11	9, 21
5	2	7.14	10	16.39	18, 26
6	1	3.57	6	9.84	1
Total	28 of 28	99.99	59 of 61	96.71

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	28	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	14
Number of reverse dies (r)	26	Number of coins (n)	61
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.18	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.35
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	0.93	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	42.58	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	851,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	51.76	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00007
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	77.05%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,865.19
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	7,162.99

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