Sidon, silver, half shekels (435-25 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 13208

435 BCE - 425 BCE Silver 2,523 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Phoenician pentekonter sailing left over waves
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	King of Persia standing right, drawing bow, quiver over shoulder, behind, incuse facing head (Bes?), before, incuse head of goat right

Mint and issuing power

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

Sidon

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Phoenicia

Modern countryModern country: Lebanon

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:

Persian Empire

Chronology

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

435 BCE

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

425 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

7.00

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

half shekel

StandardStandard.:

Persian

Image

S1895 Sidon half shekels II.2.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Elayi - Elayi 20041Elayi - Elayi 2004, p. 40-45, n° 45-119 (Group II.2)
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear II2Sear II, n° 5928
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sidon.elayi.2014.ii.2

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	5	35.71	5	12.2	4, 8, 10, 11, 13
2	2	14.29	4	9.76	5, 14
3	1	7.14	3	7.32	2
4	3	21.43	12	29.27	1, 3, 7
5	1	7.14	5	12.2	9
6	2	14.29	12	29.27	6, 12
Total	14 of 14	100	41 of 41	100.02

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	14	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	5
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	28	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	41
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2.93	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.46
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	2	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	35.71 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	18.02	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	360,400
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)	21.26	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00011
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	87.8%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	4,550.5
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	2,523 kg <br /> 2,523 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	11,376.25

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation