Byzantium, silver, drachms (bull on dolphin/dotted quadripartite incuse square) (387-340 BCE)
From SILVER
387 BCE - 340 BCE Silver 11,812 kg
Description
| Obverse: | ΠY (Greek).Bull standing left on dolphin, raising right forehoof. |
| Reverse: | Incuse square of mill-sail pattern with dotted surface. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Byzantium | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 387 BCE | to | 340 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 3.60 | Denomination: | drachma
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Standard: |
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.]]1Schönert-Geiss 1970, p. 119-121, n° 712-749 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMAC, n° 121, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.2, n° 1387 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 33 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 29 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 38 | Number of coins (n) | 39 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.18 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.03 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.15 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 87.88 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 164.05 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 3,281,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 214.5 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00001 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 25.64% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 475.46 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 11,812 kg <br /> 11,812 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 1,188.66 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1970), Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Teil 1: Autonome Zeit, Berlin.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
