S 159 - Carthaea, silver, obol, 540-520/15 BC
From SILVER
540 - 520/15 Silver 62 kg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Carthaea | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Cyclades | 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: |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 540 | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 520/15"520/15" contains a sequence that could not be interpreted against an available match matrix for date components. | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic until 480 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver ![]() |
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | obol ![]() |
StandardStandard.: | |
List of weightsList of the actual weights of a numismatic object (in grams).: | 0.880.88 g <br />880 mg <br />, 0.900.9 g <br />900 mg <br />, 0.990.99 g <br />990 mg <br />, 1.011.01 g <br />1,010 mg <br /> |
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | K. A. Sheedy1K. A. Sheedy, The Archaic and Early Classical Coinages of the Cyclades, RNS Spec. Publ. 40, London, 2006, p. 159, no. 12-14. | ||
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: |
Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 0 | 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) | 4 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.33 | |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 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 | Division by zero. | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | |
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) | 0 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00006 |
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 | |
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 | 62 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ |
Remarks
References
- ^ K. A. Sheedy