Tyre, silver, sixteenth shekels (393-358 BCE)
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393 BCE - 358 BCE Silver 1,580 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Seahorse with curled wing, to l., below, two lines of waves, dotted border. |
| Reverse: | Owl standing to l., head facing, over its r. shoulder, crook and flail |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Tyre | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Lebanon | Authority: | Persian Empire |
Chronology
| From | 393 BCE | to | 358 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.60 | Denomination: | 16th shekel | 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. 90-102, n° 715-795 (Series II.1.2.2) | ||
| 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° 5913, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 10, n° 333 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 33 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 27 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 41 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.24 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 81.82 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 131.7 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 2,634,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 169.13 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 34.15% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 622.63 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,580 kg <br /> 1,580 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 1,556.57 |
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.
