Amphipolis, silver, drachms (370-369 BCE)
From SILVER
370 BCE - 369 BCE Silver 664 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head facing, slightly inclined to right, wearing a laurel-wreath |
| Reverse: | AMΦ-IΠO-ΛIT-ΩN (Greek).AMΦ-IΠO-ΛIT-ΩN on a broad frame of a raised linear square enclosing a race-torch, all within a shallow incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Amphipolis | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 370 BCE | to | 369 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 3.50 | Denomination: | drachma
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Standard: |
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.]]1Lorber 1990, p. 146-150 | ||
| 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° 1380, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 150, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.1, n° 413 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 9 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 6 | Number of coins (n) | 63 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 7 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 10.5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.67 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 11.11 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.49 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 189,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 10.5 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00033 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 98.41% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 13,277.13 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 664 kg <br /> 664 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 33,192.83 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Lorber, Catharine C. (1990), Amphipolis. The civic coinage in silver and gold, Los Angeles, NFA inc., 196 p., 31 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.
