S 57 - Aradus, bronze, NC, 187-185 BC

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 9521

187 BCE - 185 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Tyche right
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	Monogram of the city (Greek).Ship bow

Mint and issuing power

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

Aradus

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Phoenicia

Modern countryModern country: Syria

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.

187 BCE

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

185 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	Bronze	Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams	4.00	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:		StandardStandard.:
Average weightAverage of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).:

Image

S 57 - Aradus, bronze, NC, 187-185 BC.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Duyrat 20051Duyrat 2005, p. 65, no. 2221-2236 (series 6).
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

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).
1	10	76.92	10	62.5	1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
2	3	23.08	6	37.5	4, 5, 8
Total	13 of 13	100	16 of 16	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	13	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	10
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	14	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	16
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.23	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.14
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.08	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	76.92 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	53.84	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	1,076,800
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)	69.33	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00001
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	37.5%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	594.35
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	n.a.	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	1,485.88

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

^ Duyrat, Frédérique (2005), Arados hellénistique. Etude historique et monétaire, Beirut