Rhodes, silver, double sigloi (408-404 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 13446

408 BCE - 404 BCE Silver 215 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	The infant Herakles wrestling with two snakes
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	P - O (Greek).Rose

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhodes

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Caria (islands)

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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:

Rhodian power

Chronology

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

408 BCE

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

404 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

11.10

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

double siglos

StandardStandard.:

Persian

Image

S1953 Rhodes double sigloi herakles.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Ashton 20011Ashton 2001, n° 10, Ashton - Kinns - Konuk - Meadows 20022Ashton - Kinns - Konuk - Meadows 2002, p. 158, n° 1-3
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear II3Sear II, n° 5031

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).
24	1	100	24	100	1
Total	1 of 1	100	24 of 24	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	1	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	3	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	24
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	24	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	8
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	3	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	0.97	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	19,400
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)	1.04	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00124
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	49,484.54
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	215 kg <br /> 215 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	123,711.34

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

^ Ashton, Richard (2001), "The coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC", in Andrew Meadows and Kirsty Shipton (eds.), Money and its uses in the ancient world, Oxford, Oxford University Press, p. 79-115.
^ Ashton, Richard - Kinns, Philip - Konuk, Koray - Meadows, Andrew (2002), "The Hecatomnus Hoard (CH 5.17, 8.96, 9.387)", Coin Hoards, IX, London, p. 95-158
^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762