Ambracia, silver, staters (Pegasus/Athena) (485-475 BCE)
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485 BCE - 475 BCE Silver 2,430 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Bridled Pegasos with curved wing flying right, below, A. |
| Reverse: | Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet and pearl necklace, all within incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ambracia | Ancient region: | Epirus | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 485 BCE | to | 475 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 8.60 | Denomination: | stater
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Standard: | Aeginetic |
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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.]]1Ravel 1928, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Kraay 1977 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Ravel 1928, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Sear I, n° 1952-1953, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Calciati 1990, n° 1-3, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5RQEMAC, n° 177, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6HGC 3.1, n° 195 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 12 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 46 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.83 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 6.57 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.58 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 8.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 14.13 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 282,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 16.24 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00016 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 97.83% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,510.97 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 2,430 kg <br /> 2,430 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 16,277.42 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- a b Ravel, Oscar (1928), The "colts" of Ambracia, The American Numismatic Society, Numismatic notes and monographs 37, New York, 180 p., 2 pl.
- ^ Kraay, Colin M. (1977), "The earliest issue of Ambracia", Numismatica e Antichità Classiche 6, p. 35-52, 4 pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.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.
