Cnidus, silver, drachms (520-495 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7589

520 BCE - 495 BCE Silver 2,037 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Forepart of lion to right with open mouth
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	Head of Aphrodite to right of fine archaic style, with hair bound with plain diadem, all within incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Cnidus

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.

520 BCE

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

495 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic until 480 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

6.20

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

drachma

StandardStandard.:

Image

AC236 Cnidus 520.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Cahn 19701Cahn 1970
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear II2Sear II, n° 3543-3544, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 236
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cnidus cahn 1970 i

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).
2	4	25	8	5.63	12, 21, 22, 23
3	1	6.25	3	2.11	16
4	1	6.25	4	2.82	18
6	1	6.25	6	4.23	14
7	3	18.75	21	14.79	13, 15, 17
9	1	6.25	9	6.34	20
10	1	6.25	10	7.04	26
11	1	6.25	11	7.75	24
16	1	6.25	16	11.27	19
20	1	6.25	20	14.08	27
34	1	6.25	34	23.94	25
Total	16 of 16	100	142 of 142	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	16	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	15	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	142
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	8.88	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	9.47
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	0.94	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	16.43	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	328,600
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)	18.03	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00043
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	17,285.45
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	2,037 kg <br /> 2,037 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	43,213.63

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