Himera, silver, obols (rooster/mill sail incuse square) (530-482 BCE)
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530 BCE - 482 BCE Silver 1,083 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Hen standing to left. |
| Reverse: | Incuse square with mill-sail pattern |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Himera | Ancient region: | Sicily | Modern country: Italy | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 530 BCE | to | 482 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.85 | 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.]]1Kraay 1983, Groups IV-VIII | ||
| 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° 717, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 57, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 2, n° 427 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 31 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 17 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 22 | Number of coins (n) | 51 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.65 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.32 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.71 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 54.84 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 63.73 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,274,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 79.05 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 66.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,600.5 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,083 kg <br /> 1,083 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,001.26 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Kraay, Colin M. (1983), The archaic Coinage of Himera, Centro Internazionale di Studi Numismatici 1, Naples, 102 p., 15 pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 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.
