Tyre, silver, shekels (425-394 BCE)
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425 BCE - 394 BCE Silver 27,186 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Melqarth, riding on a hippocamp to right, holding bow and arrows with his left hand and the reins with his right, below, dolphin swimming to right under waves, around, guilloche border |
| Reverse: | Owl standing to right, before crook and flail, around, guilloche border |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Tyre | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Lebanon | Authority: | Persian Empire |
Chronology
| From | 425 BCE | to | 394 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 13.40 | Denomination: | shekel
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Standard: | Phoenician |
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 2009, p. 48-62, n° 246-399 (Series II.1.1) | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 5911-5912, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 10, n° 315 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 30 | 54.55 | 30 | 30.61 | 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 |
| 2 | 16 | 29.09 | 32 | 32.65 | 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 22, 29, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 49 |
| 3 | 3 | 5.45 | 9 | 9.18 | 16, 28, 34 |
| 4 | 3 | 5.45 | 12 | 12.24 | 10, 13, 30 |
| 5 | 3 | 5.45 | 15 | 15.31 | 31, 32, 35 |
| Total | 55 of 55 | 99.99 | 98 of 98 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 55 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 30 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 63 | Number of coins (n) | 98 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.78 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.56 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.15 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 54.55 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 101.44 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 2,028,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 125.35 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 69.39% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,932.18 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 27,186 kg <br /> 27,186 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,830.44 |
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.
