AC 156a - Olynthus (Chalcidian League), silver, staters (420-358 BCE)
From SILVER
420 BCE - 358 BCE Silver 1,655 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Laureate head of Apollo left. |
| Reverse: | Χ-Α-Λ/ΚΙΔ/ΕΩΝ (Greek).Cithara with seven strings, and a rag wrapped around the lower end of the strings, at the top of the struts, the signature Α-Μ, a strap attached to the bottom of the right strut. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Olynthus | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Chalcidian League (c. 430-348 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 420 BCE | to | 358 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 8.60 | Denomination: | stater
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Standard: |
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Robinson - Clement 1938 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.1, n° 500, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 156a | ||
Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 6 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.2 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.25 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.62 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 192,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 12 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,247.4 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,655 kg <br /> 1,655 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,118.5 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Robinson, David M. - Clement, Paul Augustus (1938), Excavations at Olynthus. Part IX : The Chalcidic Mint and the Excavations Coins Found in 1928-1934, Baltimore.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
