Sidon (`Abd`aštart), silver, quarter shekels (365-352 BCE)
From SILVER
365 BCE - 352 BCE Silver 1,966 kg
Description
| Obverse: | III III (6 in Phoenician) above (Phoenician).Phoenician galley left, , waves below |
| Reverse: | 'B (in Phoenician) above (Phoenician).King of Persia and driver in chariot drawn by two horses left |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Sidon | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Lebanon | Authority: | Persian Empire, `Abd`aštart (king of Sidon, 365-352 BCE) |
Chronology
| From | 365 BCE | to | 352 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 3.15 | Denomination: | 1/4 shekel
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Standard: | Persian |
Image
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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. 205-2074, n° 1383-1392 (Group IV.2.3) | ||
| 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° 244 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 7 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 10 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.25 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.43 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.88 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 87.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 31.2 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 624,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 40 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 30% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 641.03 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,966 kg <br /> 1,966 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 1,602.56 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
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.
