Argilos, silver, 32th staters (510-470 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 1580

510 BCE - 470 BCE Silver 231 kg

Description

Obverse:	Protome of Pegasus right.
Reverse:	Quadripartite incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Argilos

Ancient region:

Macedon

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

510 BCE

to

470 BCE

Period: Archaic until 480 BC , Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

0.35

Denomination:

1/32 stater

Standard:

Image

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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.]]1Liampi 2005, p. 150-152, no. 52-57 and p. 159-166, no. 72-92.
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.1, n° 480-484
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argilos.liampi 2005.period iv hektai.thirty-seconds https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argilos.liampi 2005.period v thirty-seconds

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	9	32.14	9	8.41	46, 49, 62, 66, 67, 70, 73, 78, 82
2	2	7.14	4	3.74	76, 81
3	7	25	21	19.63	44, 45, 48, 68, 69, 72, 75
4	2	7.14	8	7.48	19, 71
6	3	10.71	18	16.82	20, 47, 80
8	1	3.57	8	7.48	63
9	3	10.71	27	25.23	64, 74, 79
12	1	3.57	12	11.21	65
Total	28 of 28	99.98	107 of 107	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	28	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	9
Number of reverse dies (r)		Number of coins (n)	107
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	3.82	Coins per reverse die (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	32.14 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	33	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	660,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	37.92	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00016
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	91.59%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	6,484.85
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	231 kg <br /> 231 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	16,212.12

Remarks

Metrology p. 230-249.