S 953 - Chersonesos, bronze, hemichalkon, 390-385 BC
From SILVER
390 BCE - 385 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Artemis right, wearing earrings and cereal ears wreath. |
| Reverse: | XEP (Greek).Dolphin left or right. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Chersonesos | Ancient region: | Bosporus | Modern country: Russia (Crimea) | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 390 BCE | to | 385 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 0.45 | Denomination: | hemichalkon
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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. 113-114, n° 84-90. | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 11 | Number of coins (n) | 20 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.86 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.82 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.57 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 57.14 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.11 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 182,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 10.77 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00011 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 80% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 4,390.78 |
| 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 | 10,976.95 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Kovalenko, Sergei (2008), Die spätklassiche Münzprägung von Chersonesos Taurica, Berlin, 156 p., 18 pl.
