AC 183a - Pharsalus, silver, obols (450-350 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7564

450 BCE - 350 BCE Silver 97 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Athena right, wearing a crested Attic helmet with cheek pieces.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΦAPΣ (Greek).Φ – Α / Ρ – Σ partially retrograde Head of horse right.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Pharsalus

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Thessaly

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.

450 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

350 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical ^{480-323 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Silver

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

1.00

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

obol

StandardStandard.:

Image

AC183a Pharsalus.jpeg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Lavva 20011Lavva 2001, n° 128, 136 et 162a.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear I2Sear I, n° 2194, HGC 43HGC 4, n° 640, RQEMAC4RQEMAC, n° 183a
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pharsalus.lavva 2001.a.ii-iii https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pharsalus.lavva 2001.b.i.1 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pharsalus.lavva 2001.b.i.7-9.11-12.14.16.18-19 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pharsalus.lavva 2001.b.ii.6

Obverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	3	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)	6
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	2
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1	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	4.87	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	97,400
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)	6	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	2,464.07
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	97 kg <br /> 97 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 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.