Tyre, silver, sixteenth shekels (425-394 BCE)
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425 BCE - 394 BCE Silver 1,061 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Hippocamp to right, dolphin below |
| Reverse: | Owl standing to right, head facing, crook and flail over shoulder |
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 | 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. 65-75, n° 430-612 (Series II.1.1.3) | ||
| 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° 5908, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 10, n° 331 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 22 | 57.89 | 22 | 37.93 | 3, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 66 |
| 2 | 12 | 31.58 | 24 | 41.38 | 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 13, 15, 26, 28, 31, 34, 65 |
| 3 | 4 | 10.53 | 12 | 20.69 | 5, 6, 19, 35 |
| Total | 38 of 38 | 100 | 58 of 58 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 38 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 22 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 48 | Number of coins (n) | 58 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.53 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.21 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.26 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 57.89 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 88.42 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,768,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 110.2 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 62.07% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,311.92 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,061 kg <br /> 1,061 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,279.8 |
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.
