Sardis, bronze (7.5g) (Artemis/Athena nicephorus) (133-30 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 31871

133 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder
Reverse:	(Greek).Athena Nikephoros standing left.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Sardis

Ancient region:

Lydia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From

133 BCE

to

30 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

7.5

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]Sardis_Artemis_Athena.jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Hochard 2020, p. 368=370, Group 11, n° 1861-1876
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sardes hochard 2020 4.11

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	4	40	4	8.89	96, 101, 102, 103
2	3	30	6	13.33	98, 99, 100
7	1	10	7	15.56	97
12	1	10	12	26.67	95
16	1	10	16	35.56	94
Total	10 of 10	100	45 of 45	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	10	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	4
Number of reverse dies (r)	18	Number of coins (n)	45
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4.5	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.5
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.8	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	40 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	11.34	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	226,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	12.86	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00020
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	91.11%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	7,936.51
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	19,841.27

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