Olynthus (Chalcidian League), bronze (1.20g - module C) (Apollo/cithara) (410-352 BCE)
From SILVER
410 BCE - 352 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo left or left, wearing laurel wreath. |
| Reverse: | Kithara |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Olynthus | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Chalcidian League (c. 430-348 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 410 BCE | to | 352 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 1.20 | Denomination: | Module C | Standard: |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Psoma 2001, p. 67-70 (n° 1-38 du catalogue) | ||
| 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° 160, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.1, n° 511 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 33 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 23 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 34 | Number of coins (n) | 45 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.36 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.32 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.03 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 69.7 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 98.16 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,963,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 123.75 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 48.89% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 916.87 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 2,292.18 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Selene, Psoma (2001), Olynthe et les Chalcidiens de Thrace, Etude de numismatique et d’histoire, Stuttgart, 310 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.
