Camarina, silver, didrachms (492-485 BCE)
From SILVER
492 BCE - 485 BCE Silver 1,625 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Corinthian helmet left, superimposed on a circular shield with convex surface and flat rim |
| Reverse: | KAM – API (Greek).Dwarf palm tree with three branches of fan-shaped leaves, each branch marked with protruding spines, to left of central branch, small group of fruits, flanking tree, a pair of greaves |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Camarina | Ancient region: | Sicily | Modern country: Italy | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 492 BCE | to | 485 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC |
Physical description
| Metal: | Silver |
Median weight in grams | 8.70 | Denomination: | didrachm |
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° 1-9 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 19 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.71 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.71 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 42.86 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.34 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 186,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 11.08 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00010 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 84.21% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 4,068.52 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,625 kg <br /> 1,625 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 10,171.31 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Westermark, Ulla - Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1980), The Coinage of Kamarina, RNS 9, Londres, 283 p., 40 pl.