Acanthus, silver, tritetartemoria (calf head/incuse square) (Period A) (525-500 BCE)
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525 BCE - 500 BCE Silver 660 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Calf head right. Border of dots |
| Reverse: | Four-part incuse square with windmill pattern |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Acanthus | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 525 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 | 0.35 | Denomination: | tritetartemorion | 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.]]1Tselekas 1996, p. 192-193 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 11 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 10 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 10 | Number of coins (n) | 12 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.09 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.2 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.91 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 90.91 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 94.22 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,884,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 132 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00001 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 16.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 254.72 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 660 kg <br /> 660 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 636.81 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Tselekas, Panagiotis (1996), The Coinage of Acanthus, Oxford, St Cross College, DPhil, 350 p., 7 maps, 53 pl.
