S 1576 - Amathus (Wroikos?), silver, tetrobols (460-450 BCE)
From SILVER
460 BCE - 450 BCE Silver 689 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Lion lying r. (Archaic style) |
| Reverse: | Forepart of lion to r. in an incuse square surrounded by a border of dots |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Amathus | Ancient region: | Cyprus | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Wroikos |
Chronology
| From | 460 BCE | to | 450 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 3.20 | Denomination: | tetrobol
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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.]]1Amandry 1984, p. 67, n° 125B | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 13 | Number of coins (n) | 15 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.14 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.15 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.86 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 57.14 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 10.77 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 215,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 13.13 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 73.33% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,785.52 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 689 kg <br /> 689 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 6,963.79 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Amandry, Paris (1984), "Le monnayage d'Amathonte", in Pierre Aupert and Marie-Christine Hellmann (eds.), Amathonte I. Testimonia. 1. Auteurs anciens - Monnayage - Voyageurs Fouilles - Origines - Géographie, Etudes chypriotes 4, Paris, p. 57-76, pl. 11-20.
