Delphi, silver, staters (Demeter/Apollo) (336-334 BCE)
From SILVER
336 BCE - 334 BCE Silver 2,028 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Veiled head of Demeter l., wearing a wreath with ears of wheat and reeds. |
| Reverse: | AMΦΙKTIONΩN (Greek).Apollo Pythios, laureate and wearing chiton, seated l. on omphalos draped with himation, his r. elbow rests on lyre and his r. hand supports his chin, a long laurel branch rests diagonally across him. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Delphi | Ancient region: | Phocis | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Amphictyonic league |
Chronology
| From | 336 BCE | to | 334 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 12.20 | 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.]]1Kinns 1983 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMH, n° 146, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 4, n° 1140 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 12 | Number of coins (n) | 26 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.71 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.17 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.71 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 28.57 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 8.31 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 166,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 9.58 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00016 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 92.31% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,257.52 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 2,028 kg <br /> 2,028 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 15,643.8 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Kinns, Philip (1983), "The Amphictionic Coinage Reconsidered", The Numismatic Chronicle 143, p. 1-22, pl. 1-4.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ 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.
