S 961 - Chersonesos, bronze, chalkous, 375-365 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9612

375 BCE - 365 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Crateros. Border of dots.
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

2.20

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. 129, n° 233-237 and p. 131, n° 265-272.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	3	37.5	3	13.04	4, 7, 8
2	1	12.5	2	8.7	5
3	3	37.5	9	39.13	1, 3, 6
7	1	12.5	7	30.43	2
Total	8 of 8	100	21 of 23	91.3

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	8	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	3
Number of reverse dies (r)	10	Number of coins (n)	23
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.88	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.3
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.25	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	37.5 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	10.38	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	207,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	12.27	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00011
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	86.96%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	4,431.6
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	11,079

Remarks