AC 183a - Pharsalus, silver, obols (450-350 BCE)
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450 BCE - 350 BCE Silver 97 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena right, wearing a crested Attic helmet with cheek pieces. |
| Reverse: | ΦAPΣ (Greek).Φ – Α / Ρ – Σ partially retrograde Head of horse right. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Pharsalus | Ancient region: | Thessaly | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 450 BCE | to | 350 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.00 | Denomination: | obol
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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.]]1Lavva 2001, n° 128, 136 et 162a. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 2194, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 4, n° 640, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4RQEMAC, n° 183a | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 3 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 3 | Number of coins (n) | 6 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 4.87 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 97,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 6 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00006 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,464.07 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 97 kg <br /> 97 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 6,160.16 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Lavva, Stella (2001), Die Münzprägung von Pharsalos, Saarbrücken, 254 p., 29 pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
