Messana, silver, tetradrachms (facing lion's head/prow) (494-489 BCE)
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494 BCE - 489 BCE Silver 8,294 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Facing mask of a lion on a disc. |
| Reverse: | Prow of a ship l. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Messana | Ancient region: | Sicily | Modern country: Italy | Authority: | Samians at Zankle, Anaxilas II (494-476 BCE) |
Chronology
| From | 494 BCE | to | 489 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 17.25 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
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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.]]1Barron 1966, var. 1-13. | ||
| 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° 724, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 63, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 2, n° 772 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 10 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 6 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 12 | Number of coins (n) | 15 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.25 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.2 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 60 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 24.04 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 480,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 30 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 60% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,247.92 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 8,294 kg <br /> 8,294 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,119.8 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Barron, John Penrose (1966), The Silver Coins of Samos, London, xii, 244 p., 32 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.
