Camarina, bronze (Athena/horse) (339-300 BCE)
From SILVER
339 BCE - 300 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | KAMAPINAIΩN (Greek).Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet |
| Reverse: | Horse springing left, below, grain ear |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Camarina | Ancient region: | Sicily | Modern country: Italy | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 339 BCE | to | 300 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC  , Hellenistic 323-30 BC
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 3.50 | Denomination: | Standard: |
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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.]]1Westermark - Jenkins 1980, n° 208-218 | ||
| 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° 1065, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 2, n° 555-556 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 10 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 14 | Number of coins (n) | 67 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 6.7 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 4.79 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.4 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 20 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 10.6 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 212,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 11.75 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00032 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 97.01% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 12,641.51 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 31,603.77 |
Remarks
Most likely two workstations
References
- ^ Westermark, Ulla - Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1980), The Coinage of Kamarina, RNS 9, Londres, 283 p., 40 pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.
