Camarina, gold, diobols (405 BCE)
From SILVER
405 BCE - 405 BCE Gold 228 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena with Attic helmet, decorated with winged hippocamp, to r. |
| Reverse: | KA (Greek).Olive spray with two berries |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Camarina | Ancient region: | Sicily | Modern country: Italy | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 405 BCE | to | 405 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Gold
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Median weight in grams | 1.15 | Denomination: | diobol
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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.]]1Westermark - Jenkins 1980, p. 225, n° 206 | ||
| 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° 760, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 2, n° 518 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 14 | 1 | 100 | 14 | 100 | 1 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 14 of 14 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 1 | Number of coins (n) | 14 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 14 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 14 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 0.99 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 19,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.08 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00071 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 28,282.83 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 228 kg <br /> 228 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 70,707.07 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
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.
