S 960 - Chersonesos, bronze, dichalkon, 375-365 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9379

375 BCE - 365 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Parthenos left or right, (wearing eaarings, necklace) and laurel wreath.
Reverse:	XEP (Greek).Club within laurel wreath.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Chersonesos

Ancient region:

Bosporus

Modern country: Russia (Crimea)

Authority:

Chronology

From

375 BCE

to

365 BCE

Period: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

2.30

Denomination:

dichalkon

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. 128-130, n° 223-232 and 238-264.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	16	72.73	16	38.1	1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22
2	3	13.64	6	14.29	2, 3, 11
4	2	9.09	8	19.05	8, 19
5	1	4.55	5	11.9	12
Total	22 of 22	100.01	35 of 42	83.34

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	22	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	16
Number of reverse dies (r)	28	Number of coins (n)	42
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.91	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.5
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.27	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	72.73 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	37.48	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	749,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	46.2	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	61.9%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,241.2
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	5,602.99

Remarks