Aigai (Perdiccas II), silver, heavy tetrobols (2.5g) (Macedonian rider/forepart of lion) (443-437 BCE)
From SILVER
443 BCE - 437 BCE Silver 1,506 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Rider in Macedonian dress on horse walking to right, holding two spears in his left hand and the reins in his right |
| Reverse: | Forepart of lion to right with protruding tongue, the whole within incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aigai | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Perdiccas II of Macedon (Argead king, c. 448-c. 413 BC), Macedonian kingdom |
Chronology
| From | 443 BCE | to | 437 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 2.50 | Denomination: | tetrobol
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Standard: | Thraco-Macedonian |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Raymond 1953, n° 176-245 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 1490-1492, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 167, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.1, n° 759-760 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 21 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 11 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | NC"NC" is not a number. | Number of coins (n) | 50 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.38 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 52.38 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 30.12 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 602,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 36.21 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00008 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 78% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,320.05 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,506 kg <br /> 1,506 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 8,300.13 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Raymond, Doris (1953), Macedonian regal coinage to 413 B.C., Numismatic Notes and Monographs 126, New York, xi, 170 p., 15 pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
