Amphipolis? (Antigonus Doson), silver, tetradrachms (Poseidon/Apollo on prow) (229-220 BCE)
From SILVER
229 BCE - 220 BCE Silver 2,544 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Poseidon right, wearing wreath of marine plants |
| Reverse: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIΓONOY (Greek).Apollo, testing bow in extended right hand, seated left on prow left inscribed BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIΓONOY, monogram below |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Amphipolis | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Antigonus III Doson (Antigonid king, 229-221 BC), Macedonian kingdom |
Chronology
| From | 229 BCE | to | 220 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 17.10 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
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.]]1Panagopoulou 2020, p. 206-213, n° 63-83 (Group IV) | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 6789, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.1, n° 1051 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 21 | Number of coins (n) | 46 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 6.57 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.19 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 3 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 28.57 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 7.44 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 148,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 8.26 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00031 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 95.65% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 12,365.59 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 2,544 kg <br /> 2,544 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 30,913.98 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military For die-links, see the graph, p. 191
References
- ^ Panagopoulou, Katerina (2020), The Early Antigonids. Coinage, Money, and the Economy, New York, ANS, xlv, 390 p., 63 pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ 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.
