AC 231c - Samos, silver, diobol, 400-365 BC
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400 BCE - 365 BCE Silver 299 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Lion's scalp facing. |
| Reverse: | ΣA (Greek).Prow of a Samian galley right, ΣA above. |
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 | 1.10 | Denomination: | diobol
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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° 1224, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Sear II, n° 4648, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4RQEMC, n° 231c | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 12 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.71 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.71 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 13.57 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 271,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 16.8 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,768.61 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 299 kg <br /> 299 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,421.52 |
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
- ^ RQEMC
