Messana (Anaxilas), silver, unciae (facing lion head/ME) (488-481 BCE)
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488 BCE - 481 BCE Silver 19 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Facing lion head |
| Reverse: | ME (retrograde) (Greek).ME in dotted border |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Messana | Ancient region: | Sicily | Modern country: Italy | Authority: | Anaxilas II (494-476 BCE) |
Chronology
| From | 488 BCE | to | 481 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.10 | Denomination: | uncia
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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.]]1Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, n° 22-26. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMAC, n° 64b, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 2, n ° 824 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 6 | Number of coins (n) | 6 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.5 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 75 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.62 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 192,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 12 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 50% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,247.4 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 19 kg <br /> 19 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,118.5 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
"Expression error: Missing operand for *." is not a number. "Expression error: Missing operand for *." is not a number.
References
- ^ Caccamo Caltabiano, Maria (1993), La monetazione di Messana. Con le emissioni di Rhegion dell’eta della tirannide, AMUGS XIII, Berlin-New York, xviii, 383 p., 94 pl.
- ^ 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.
