AC 195 - Athens, silver, drachms (475-449 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7727

475 BCE - 449 BCE Silver 9,485 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	ead of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	AΘE (Greek).Owl standing right, head facing, with spread tail feathers, olive sprig to left, AΘE to right, all within incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Athens

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Attica

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.

475 BCE

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

449 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

4.25

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

drachma

StandardStandard.:

Attic

Image

AC195 Athens drachm.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Starr 19701Starr 1970, Groups II-V
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear I2Sear I, n° 2523, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 195

Obverse dies distribution

FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ	Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	% (n)	Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1	28	71.79	28	51.85	14, 26, 27, 28, 30, 42, 43, 44, 45, 75, 77, 91, 92, 93, 94, 124, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189
2	8	20.51	16	29.63	13, 29, 40, 41, 73, 76, 126, 131
3	2	5.13	6	11.11	74, 125
4	1	2.56	4	7.41	72
Total	39 of 39	99.99	54 of 54	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	39	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	28
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	43	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	54
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.38	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.26
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.1	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	71.79 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	111.59	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	2,231,800
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)	140.4	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00002
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	48.15%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	967.83
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	9,485 kg <br /> 9,485 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	2,419.57

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