Tyre, silver, quarter shekels (450-425 BCE)
From SILVER
450 BCE - 425 BCE Silver 4,043 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ŠLŠN (in Phoenician) above (Phoenician).Dolphin right, waves and murex shell below |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Owl standing right, head facing, crook and flail over shoulder, all in outline incuse within incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Tyre | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Phoenicia | Modern countryModern country: Lebanon | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: | Persian Empire |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 450 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 425 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 3.35 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | 1/4 shekel
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StandardStandard.: | Phoenician |
Image
S2051 Tyre quarter shekels 450-425.jpg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Elayi - Elayi 20091Elayi - Elayi 2009, p. 29-30 and 40-44, n° 8-14 and 182-221 | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear II2Sear II, n° 5907, HGC 103HGC 10, n° 323 | ||
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Obverse dies distribution
| FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ | Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | % (n) | Die nameName(s) of the die(s). |
| 1 | 18 | 81.82 | 18 | 58.06 | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 |
| 2 | 1 | 4.55 | 2 | 6.45 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 4.55 | 3 | 9.68 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 9.09 | 8 | 25.81 | 2.1, 2.4 |
| Total | 22 of 22 | 100.01 | 31 of 31 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 22 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 18 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 21 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 31 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.41 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.48 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 0.95 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 81.82 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 60.35 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 1,207,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ᵖ (O) | 75.78 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 41.94% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 1,027.34 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ᵖ | 4,043 kg <br /> 4,043 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 2,568.35 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Elayi, Josette - Elayi, Alain G. (2009), The Coinage of the Phoenician City of Tyre in the Persian Period (5th-4th cent. BCE), Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 188, Leuven, Peeters, 517 p.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ 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.
