S 963 - Chersonesos, silver, obol, 360-350 BC
From SILVER
360 - 350 Silver 3,411 kg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Parthenos right, wearing earrings, necklace and stephane. |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | XEP (Greek).Lion skin above a club. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Chersonesos | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Taurica | Modern countryModern country: Russia (Crimea) | 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. | 360 | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 350 | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 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).: | 5.675.67 g <br />5,670 mg <br />, 6.436.43 g <br />6,430 mg <br />, 6.576.57 g <br />6,570 mg <br />, 6.76.7 g <br />6,700 mg <br />, 6.816.81 g <br />6,810 mg <br />, 6.976.97 g <br />6,970 mg <br />, 7.047.04 g <br />7,040 mg <br />, 7.317.31 g <br />7,310 mg <br />, 7.367.36 g <br />7,360 mg <br />, 7.367.36 g <br />7,360 mg <br />, 7.437.43 g <br />7,430 mg <br /> |
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | S. Kovalenko1S. Kovalenko, Die spätklassiche Münzprägung von Chersonesos Taurica, Berlin, 2008, p. 133, no. 283-294. | ||
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: |
Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 9 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 7 |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 12 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 13 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.44 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.08 |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.33 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 77.78 % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 23.36 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 467,200 |
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) | 29.25 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00003 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 46.15% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 1,113.01 |
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 | 0 kg <br /> 3,411 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 2,782.53 |
Remarks
References
- ^ S. Kovalenko