Argilos, silver, staters (520-470 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 1550

520 BCE - 470 BCE Silver 17,758 kg

Description

Obverse:	Pegasos, with a curved wing, galloping to left.
Reverse:	Irregularly divided incuse square

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Argilos

Ancient region:

Macedon

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

520 BCE

to

470 BCE

Period: Archaic until 480 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

14.00

Denomination:

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. 105-167
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° 459-471
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argilos.liampi 2005.period i staters https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argilos.liampi 2005.period ii staters https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argilos.liampi 2005.period iii staters.hemistaters https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argilos.liampi 2005.period iv staters https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argilos.liampi 2005.period v staters

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	17	62.96	17	41.46	1, 2, 5, 7, 12, 22, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 50, 93
2	7	25.93	14	34.15	8, 15, 25, 30, 52, 53, 54
3	2	7.41	6	14.63	31, 51
4	1	3.7	4	9.76	21
Total	27 of 27	100	41 of 41	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	27	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	17
Number of reverse dies (r)		Number of coins (n)	41
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.52	Coins per reverse die (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	62.96 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	63.42	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	1,268,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	79.07	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	58.54%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,292.97
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	17,758 kg <br /> 17,758 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	3,232.42

Remarks

Metrology p. 230-249.