Olynthus (Chalcidian League), bronze (3.50g - module A) (Apollo/cithara) (400-348 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 7722

400 BCE - 348 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Apollo left or right, wearing laurel wreath.
Reverse:	X-A-Λ-KIΔ-ΕΩΝ (Greek).Kithara

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Olynthus

Ancient region:

Macedon

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chalcidian League (c. 430-348 BC)

Chronology

From

400 BCE

to

348 BCE

Period: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

3.50

Denomination:

Module A

Standard:

Image

]]AC158 Olynthus.jpeg [1]

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. 19-54 (n° 1-398 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.]]2HGC 3.1, n° 511, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 158
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/olynthus.psoma 2001.denomination a-c

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	130	46.1	130	21.74	I.1, I.3, II.2, II.6, III.3, III.5, III.7, III.8, III.9, III.11, IV.1, IV.3, IV.4, IV.5, IV.10, IV.15, IV.16, IV.17, IV.18, IV.19, IV.21, IV.22, IV.23, V.3, V.4, V.5, VI.1, VI.3, VI.6, VII.2, VII.3, VII.7, VII.9, VII.11, VII.12, VII.13, VII.14, VII.15, VIII.1, VIII.2, IX.2, IX.3, IX.4, IX.6, IX.7, X.2, X.3, X.5, XI.1, XI.2, XI.4, XI.6, XI.7, XI.11XI.13, XI.14, XII.1, XII.3, XII.4, XII.5, XII.6, XII.9, XII.10, XII.12, XII.13, XIII.1, XIII.3, XIV.3, XIV.4, XIV.6, XIV.7, XIV.8, XIV.9, XIV.11, XIV.12, XIV.13, XIV.14, XIV.18, XVI.3, XVI.7, XVI.8, XVI.10, XVI.11, XVI.13, XVI.15, XVI.18, XVI.19, XVI.22, XVI.24, XVI.25, XVI.30, XVII.1, XVII.2, XVII.4, XVII.6, XVII.7, XVII.9, XVII.10, XVII.11, XVIII.1, XVIII.3, XVIII.6, XVIII.8, XIX.5, XIX.6, XIX.10, XIX.19, XIX.20, XIX.21, XIX.23, XIX.24, XX.1, XX.2, XX.5, XX.8, XXII.4, XXII.7, XXII.9, XXII.10, XXII.11, XXII.14, XXII.1a, XXII.4a, XXIII.3, XXIV.1, XXIV.3, XXV.4, XXV.5, XXV.10, XXV.13
2	83	29.43	166	27.76	II.1, II.3, III.2, IV.2, IV.6, IV.9, IV.12, IV.13, IV.20, IV.25, IV.26, V.2, VI.2, VI.4, VI.5, VI.7, VI.8, VII.1, VII.4, VII.6, VII.10, VIII.4, XI.3, XI.5, XI.9, XI.10, XI.15, XII.2, XII.8, XIII.2, XIV.1, XIV.2, XIV.5, XIV.15, XIV.19, XV.1, XV.2, XV.5, XVI.1, XVI.2, XVI.4, XVI.5, XVI.6, XVI.9, XVI.12, XVI.14, XVI.16, XVI.17, XVI.20, XVI.21, XVI.27, XVI.31, XVII.5, XVII.8, XVIII.2, XVIII.5, XVIII.7, XIX.1, XIX.4, XIX.7, XIX.9, XIX.12, XIX.13, XIX.18, XX.9, XXI.1, XXI.2, XXII.1, XXII.5, XXII.8, XXII.13, XXII.2a, XXII.3a, XXII.5a, XXIII.2, XXIII.4, XXIV.2, XXIV.4, XXIV.7, XXV.6, XXV.11, XXV.14, XXV.15
3	31	10.99	93	15.55	I.2, II.4, II.7, III.6, IV.7, IV.11, VII.5, IX.1, IX.5, X.4, XI.12, XIV.10, XIV.20, XV.6, XVI.28, XIX.2, XIX.3, XIX.9, XIX.11, XIX.14, XIX.17, XIX.22, XX.3, XXII.2, XXII.3, XXV.1, XXV.2, XXV.3, XXV.7, XXV.8, XXV.9
4	19	6.74	76	12.71	III.4, III.10, V.1, VII.8, VIII.3, X.1, X.6, X.7, XI.8, XII.11, XIV.16, XV.3, XVI.29, XVII.3, XIX.8, XX.4, XXII.12, XXIV.5, XXIV.6
5	9	3.19	45	7.53	IV.8, IV.24, XII.7, XVI.23, XVIII.4, XVIII.9, XXII.6, XXII.6a, XXV.12
6	5	1.77	30	5.02	II.5, III.1, XIV.17, XX.7, XXIII.1
11	3	1.06	33	5.52	IV.14, XIII.4, XVI.26
12	1	0.35	12	2.01	XX.6
13	1	0.35	13	2.17	XV.4
Total	282 of 282	99.98	598 of 598	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	282	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	130
Number of reverse dies (r)	329	Number of coins (n)	598
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.12	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.82
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.17	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	46.1 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	437.29	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	8,745,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	533.66	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00007
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	78.26%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,735.03
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	6,837.57

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