Pella? (Philotas), bronze, chalkoi (Heracles/eagle) (400-350 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 7579

400 BCE - 350 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion-skin headdress
Reverse:	ΦIΛΩ to r. (Greek).Eagle standing to right, head reverted on thunderbolt

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Pella

Ancient region:

Macedonia

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Philotas (king of South Macedon?)

Chronology

From

400 BCE

to

350 BCE

Period: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

2.50

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]AC172 Philotas.jpg [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.]]1Wartenberg 1998
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° 172

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
2	1	50	2	10.53	2
17	1	50	17	89.47	1
Total	2 of 2	100	19 of 19	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ
Number of reverse dies (r)	6	Number of coins (n)	19
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	9.5	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	3.17
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	3	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	2.04	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	40,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	2.24	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00047
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	18,627.45
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	46,568.63

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