Argilos, bronze (Apollo/bow and arrow) (375-350 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 1552

375 BCE - 350 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.
Reverse:	APKI (Greek).Bow and arrow.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Argilos

Ancient region:

Macedon

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

375 BCE

to

350 BCE

Period: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

2.00

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]S91 Argilos Bronze.jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Liampi 2005, p. 198, n° B1-B2
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argilos.liampi.2005.period viii

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	1	50	1	25	1
3	1	50	3	75	2
Total	2 of 2	100	4 of 4	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	1
Number of reverse dies (r)	2	Number of coins (n)	4
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	3.25	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	65,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	4	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	75%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,461.54
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	n.a.	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	6,153.85

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Metrology p. 230-249.