Byzantium, silver, sigloi (cow on dolphin/quadripartite incuse square) (340-320 BCE)
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340 BCE - 320 BCE Silver 129,960 kg
Description
| Obverse: | ΠY (Greek).Cow standing left on dolphin. |
| Reverse: | Quadripartite incuse square of millsail form. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Byzantium | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 340 BCE | to | 320 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 5.20 | Denomination: | siglos
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Standard: | Persian |
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. 83-91, n° 1-235 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 1579, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 117, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.2, n° 1389 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 209 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 186 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 225 | Number of coins (n) | 239 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.14 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.06 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.08 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 89 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 1249.62 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 24,992,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1665.03 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00001 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 22.18% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 382.52 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 129,960 kg <br /> 129,960 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 956.29 |
Remarks
Likely military
References
- ^ Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1970), Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Teil 1: Autonome Zeit, Berlin.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ 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.
