Mende, silver, tetrobols (Mule/mill-sail incuse square) (500-480 BCE)
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500 BCE - 480 BCE Silver 1,446 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Ithyphallic mule standing right. |
| Reverse: | Mill-sail incuse of five parts. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Mende | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 500 BCE | to | 480 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 2.60 | Denomination: | tetrobol
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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.]]1Michaux 1981 | ||
| 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° 1279, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 161, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.1, n° 553 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 16 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 11 | Number of coins (n) | 30 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.88 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.73 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.69 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 56.25 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 27.8 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 556,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 34.29 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 70% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,158.27 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,446 kg <br /> 1,446 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 5,395.68 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Michaux, Françoise (1981), "Les tétroboles de Mendé", Revue Belge de Numismatique CXXVII, p. 5-18, pl. 1.
- ^ 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. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
