Segesta, silver, didrachms (475-450 BCE)

475 BCE - 450 BCE Silver 3,287 kg

Obverse:	ΣΕΓ(E)ΣΤΑZΙΒ (Greek and Elymaic).Hound standing r., lowering head to ground
Reverse:	(ΣΕΓΕΣΤΑZIB) (Greek and Elymaic).Head of Aigeste r., hair bound with ribbon, wearing necklace

Sicily

475 BCE

450 BCE

Period: Classical ^{480-323 BC}

Silver

8.60

didrachm

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Hurter 2008, n° 1-59, pl. 1-5.
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 2, n° 1113-1117
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/segesta.hurter 2008.1-58 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/segesta.hurter 2008.59

Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	19	Number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ
Number of reverse dies (r)	36	Number of coins (n)	215
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	11.32	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	5.97
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.89	Percentage of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ^ᵖ	19.11	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	382,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ^ᵖ (O)	20.84	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	0.00056
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ^ᵖ	22,501.31
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ^ᵖ	3,287 kg <br /> 3,287 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ^ᵖ	56,253.27

Most likely more than 2 workstations

References

^ Hurter, Silvia (2008), Die Didrachmenprägung von Segesta (mit einem Anhang der Hybriden, Teilstücke und Tetradrachmen sowie mit einem Überblick über die Bronzeprägung), Schweizer Studien zur Numismatik 1, Bern, 2008, 235 p., 27 cm
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.