Sidon, bronze, half shekels (galley/chariot) (370-333 BCE)
From SILVER
370 BCE - 333 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Phoenician galley above waves left. |
| Reverse: | Persian king, raising his right hand, and driver, holding reins with both hands, in chariot left |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Sidon | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Lebanon | Authority: | Persian Empire |
Chronology
| From | 370 BCE | to | 333 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 6.00 | Denomination: | half shekel | Standard: |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Elayi - Elayi 2004, p. 349-365, n° 2321-2461 (Group IV.7.6) | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 10, n° 248 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 30 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 17 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 47 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.57 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 56.67 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 66.67 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,333,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 82.94 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 63.83% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,409.93 |
| 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 | 3,524.82 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Elayi, Josette - Elayi, Alain G. (2004), Le monnayage de la cité phénicienne de Sidon à l'époque perse (Ve-IVe s. av. J.-C.), Transeuphratène Suppl. 11, Paris, Gabalda, 2 v., 855 p., 77 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 10. handbook of coins of the Southern Levant : Phoenicia, southern Koile Syria (including Judaea), and Arabia, Lancaster-London, lxxix, 201 p.
