AC 231b - Samos, silver, hemidrachm, 400-365 BC
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400 BCE - 365 BCE Silver 228 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Lion's scalp facing. |
| Reverse: | [[Reverse legend::HΓHΣI / Σ[Α]]] (Greek).Forepart of bull to right, [[Reverse description::HΓHΣI above, Σ[Α] in lower right field.]] |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Samos | Ancient region: | Ionia (islands) | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 400 BCE | to | 365 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.60 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
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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 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 6, n° 1222, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Sear II, n° 4647, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4RQEMAC, n° 231b | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 12 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.71 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.4 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 7.14 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 142,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 8.57 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00008 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,361.34 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 228 kg <br /> 228 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 8,403.36 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Barron, John Penrose (1966), The Silver Coins of Samos, London, xii, 244 p., 32 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
- ^ 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.
