AC 234b - Caunus, silver, thrihemitartemorion

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7673

490 BCE - 470 BCE Silver 57 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Caunus

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Caria

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

490 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

470 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical ^{480-323 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Silver

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

0.30

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

thrihemitartemorion

StandardStandard.:

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Konuk 19981Konuk 1998, n° 68-70.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	RQEMAC2RQEMAC, n° 234b

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Obverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

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Reverse dies distribution

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Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	3	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	0
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	3	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	4
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.33	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.33
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	0 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	9.49	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	189,800
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)	12	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00002
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	100%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	842.99
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	57 kg <br /> 57 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	2,107.48

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Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

^ Konuk, Koray (1998), "The Early Coinage of Kaunos", in Richard Ashton and Silvia Hurter (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in Memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 5-
^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.