Panormus, silver, litrae (Athena/swan) (350-300 BCE)
From SILVER
400 BCE - 350 BCE Silver 386 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena r., wearing laureate, crested Attic helmet |
| Reverse: | Swan swimming r. over waves |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Panormus | Ancient region: | Sicily | Modern country: Italy | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 400 BCE | to | 350 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.60 | Denomination: | litra
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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.]]1Westermark - Jenkins 1980, p. 230-232 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 2, n° 1045 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 15 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 17 | Number of coins (n) | 24 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.6 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.41 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.13 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 60 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 32.2 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 644,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 40 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 62.5% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,490.68 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 386 kg <br /> 386 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,726.71 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Westermark, Ulla - Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1980), The Coinage of Kamarina, RNS 9, Londres, 283 p., 40 pl.
- ^ 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.
