Corinth, silver, staters (Pegasus/quadripartite incuse square) (545-500 BCE)
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545 BCE - 500 BCE Silver 16,196 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Bridled Pegasus flying left, below koppa. |
| Reverse: | Quadripartite incuse square with projections in each quarter. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Corinth | Ancient region: | Peloponnesus | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 545 BCE | to | 500 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 8.25 | Denomination: | stater
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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.]]1Ravel 1936, n° 1-95 (Période I). | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 4, n° 1815, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 196 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 41 | 63.08 | 41 | 28.67 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 49, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 65 |
| 2 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 18.18 | 3, 6, 10, 15, 17, 21, 36, 37, 42, 46, 50, 51, 53 |
| 3 | 2 | 3.08 | 6 | 4.2 | 18, 22 |
| 4 | 3 | 4.62 | 12 | 8.39 | 35, 40, 48 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.54 | 5 | 3.5 | 64 |
| 7 | 2 | 3.08 | 14 | 9.79 | 32, 62 |
| 9 | 1 | 1.54 | 9 | 6.29 | 47 |
| 13 | 1 | 1.54 | 13 | 9.09 | 63 |
| 17 | 1 | 1.54 | 17 | 11.89 | 61 |
| Total | 65 of 65 | 100.02 | 143 of 143 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 65 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 41 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 67 | Number of coins (n) | 143 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.2 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.13 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.03 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 63.08 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 98.16 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,963,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 119.17 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 71.33% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,913.61 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 16,196 kg <br /> 16,196 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 7,284.03 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Ravel, Oscar E (1936), Les "Poulains" de Corinthe : monographie des statères corinthiens. Tome I: de 650 à 415 J.-C., Basel.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
