393 BCE - 358 BCE Silver 1,580 kg
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| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Seahorse with curled wing, to l., below, two lines of waves, dotted border.
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| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Owl standing to l., head facing, over its r. shoulder, crook and flail
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Tyre
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Ancient regionAncient region.:
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Phoenicia
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Modern countryModern country: Lebanon
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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:
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Persian Empire
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.
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393 BCE
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toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..
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358 BCE
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PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:
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Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams
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0.60
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:
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16th shekel
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StandardStandard.:
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Phoenician
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| FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ
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Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)
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% (o)
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Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)
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% (n)
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Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
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| 1
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27
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81.82
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27
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65.85
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31, 32, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 67
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| 2
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4
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12.12
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8
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19.51
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38, 40, 44, 55
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| 3
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2
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6.06
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6
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14.63
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33, 42
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| Total
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33 of 33
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100
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41 of 41
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99.99
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| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)
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33
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Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ
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27
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| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)
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Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)
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41
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| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)
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1.24
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Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)
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| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)
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Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ
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81.82 %
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| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ
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131.7
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Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ
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2,634,000
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| 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)
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169.13
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Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ
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0.00002
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| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)
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34.15%
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Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ
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622.63
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| 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
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1,580 kg <br /> 1,580 kg
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Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ
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1,556.57
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References
- ^ Elayi, Josette - Elayi, Alain G. (2009), The Coinage of the Phoenician City of Tyre in the Persian Period (5th-4th cent. BCE), Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 188, Leuven, Peeters, 517 p.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 10. handbook of coins of the Southern Levant : Phoenicia, southern Koile Syria (including Judaea), and Arabia, Lancaster-London, lxxix, 201 p.
Tyre, silver, sixteenth shekels (393-358 BCE)
