H 178 - Lacedaemon (Areus I), silver, obols (266-264 BCE)
From SILVER
266 BCE - 264 BCE Silver 346 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, bearded, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. |
| Reverse: | Club, five-rayed stars flanking. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Lacedaemon | Ancient region: | Peloponnesus (Laconia) | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Areus I of Sparta (Agiad King of Sparta, 309-265 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 266 BCE | to | 264 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.90 | Denomination: | obol
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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.]]1S. Grunauer-von Hoerschelmann, Die Münzprägung der Lakedaimonier, AMUGS 7, Berlin, 1978. | ||
| 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° 178 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 7 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 12 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.71 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.88 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 87.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 19.23 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 384,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 24 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 41.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,248.05 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 346 kg <br /> 346 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,120.12 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
