Stratoniceia, silver, hemidrachms (Zeus/Eagle) (89-80 BCE)
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89 BCE - 80 BCE Silver 340 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. |
| Reverse: | CT (Greek).Eagle standing facing, wings displayed, within incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Stratoniceia | Ancient region: | Caria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 89 BCE | to | 80 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.75 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
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Standard: | Rhodian |
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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. 94-95, n° 1-14 (hemidrachms, Group 3). | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 12 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 8 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 14 | Number of coins (n) | 21 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.75 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.17 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 66.67 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 22.64 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 452,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 28 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 61.9% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,855.12 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 340 kg <br /> 340 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,637.81 |
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.
