Amphipolis, silver, obols (367-366 BCE)
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367 BCE - 366 BCE Silver 101 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Male head to right (Apollo?), wearing tainia |
| Reverse: | A-M-Φ-I (Greek).Fish swimming diagonally downwards to right |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Amphipolis | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 367 BCE | to | 366 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.50 | Denomination: | obol
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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.]]1Lorber 1990, p. 153-156 | ||
| 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° 1382, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 151, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.1, n° 416 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 9 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 9 | Number of coins (n) | 42 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 4.67 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 4.67 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 33.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 10.13 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 202,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 11.45 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00021 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 92.86% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 8,292.2 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 101 kg <br /> 101 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 20,730.5 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
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.
