S 60 - Aradus, bronze, NC, 174-9 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 9688

174 BCE - 9 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Tyche right
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	Aplustre

Mint and issuing power

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

Aradus

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Syria (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.

174 BCE

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

9 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	1.55	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:		StandardStandard.:
Average weightAverage of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).:
Mode weightMode of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).:	1,5-1,99<ul><li>No units of measurement were declared for this property.</li> <!--br--><li>",5-1,99" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.</li></ul>

Image

S 60 - Aradus, bronze, NC, 174-9 BC.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Duyrat 20051Duyrat 2005, p. 71-72, no. 2495-2572 (series 8).
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	23	54.76	23	30.26	2, 5, 6, 7, 14, 16, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42
2	11	26.19	22	28.95	1, 3, 8, 9, 13, 15, 18, 20, 21, 34, 41
3	5	11.9	15	19.74	10, 12, 23, 25, 33
4	2	4.76	8	10.53	4, 11
8	1	2.38	8	10.53	28
Total	42 of 42	99.99	76 of 76	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	42	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	23
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	62	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	76
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.81	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.23
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.48	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	54.76 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	76.02	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	1,520,400
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)	93.88	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00005
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	69.74%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	1,999.47
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	4,998.68

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation