Stratoniceia, silver, didrachms (Hecate/Zeus Pandaramos) (30 BCE-68 CE)
From SILVER
30 BCE - 68 CE Silver 20,588 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Bust of Hecate r. |
| Reverse: | ΣΤΡΑ ; CT ; CTPAT (Greek).Zeus Panamaros riding r. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Stratoniceia | Ancient region: | Caria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Roman Empire |
Chronology
| From | 30 BCE | to | 68 CE | Period: Roman from 30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 3.50 | Denomination: | didrachm
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Standard: |
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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.]]1Meadows 2002, p. 95, n° 1-2 and p. 96, n° 1-4 (didrachms, Group 4). | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 5 | 100 | 5 | 100 | A1, A2, B1, B2, B3 |
| Total | 5 of 5 | 100 | 5 of 5 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 5 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 100 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 294.12 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 5,882,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00000 | |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 0% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 34 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 20,588 kg <br /> 20,588 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 85 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Meadows, Andrew (2002), "Stratonikeia in Caria: the Hellenistic city and its coinage", Numismatic Chronicle, 162, p. 79-134, pl. 19-30.
