AC 229 - Samos, silver, drachms (510-500 BCE)
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510 BCE - 500 BCE Silver 4,240 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Forepart of winged boar right |
| Reverse: | Facing lion's scalp within dotted incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Samos | Ancient region: | Ionia (islands) | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 510 BCE | to | 500 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 3.10 | Denomination: | drachma
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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.]]1Barron 1966, n° 71-113 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n°3525, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 229 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 19 | 57.58 | 19 | 35.19 | 36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 62, 63, 64 |
| 2 | 8 | 24.24 | 16 | 29.63 | 35, 37, 40, 43, 52, 57, 61, 66 |
| 3 | 5 | 15.15 | 15 | 27.78 | 50, 58, 60, 65, 67 |
| 4 | 1 | 3.03 | 4 | 7.41 | 51 |
| Total | 33 of 33 | 100 | 54 of 54 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 33 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 19 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 42 | Number of coins (n) | 54 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.64 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.29 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.27 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 57.58 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 68.39 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,367,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 84.86 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 64.81% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,579.18 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 4,240 kg <br /> 4,240 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,947.95 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Barron, John Penrose (1966), The Silver Coins of Samos, London, xii, 244 p., 32 pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
