Argilos, silver, 6th staters (520-478 BCE)

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520 BCE - 478 BCE Silver 2,510 kg

Description
Obverse: Protome of Pegasus left or right, galopping.
Reverse: Incuse square divided in four triangles.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Argilos Ancient region: Macedon Modern country: Greece Authority:
Chronology
From 520 BCE to 478 BCE Period: Archaic until 480 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Median weight in grams 2.60 Denomination: hekte Nomisma.org, sixth 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. 106-107, no. 3-4 and 6.
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° 473-479
Coin series web reference:



Obverse dies distribution
Frequency ᵖ Number of obverses ᵖ (o) % (o) Number of coins (n) % (n) Die name
1 14 56 14 32.56 4, 6, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 26, 38, 43, 56, 58, 60
2 6 24 12 27.91 40, 42, 55, 57, 59, 61
3 3 12 9 20.93 3, 11, 39
4 2 8 8 18.6 13, 41
Total 25 of 25 100 43 of 43 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Remarks

Metrology p. 230-249.

References

  1. ^  Liampi, Katerini (2005), Argilos. A Historical and Numismatic Study, Athens
  2. ^  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.