S 1633 - Pangaion (uncertain mint) (Ichnai), silver, octodrachms (500-480 BCE)
From SILVER
500 BCE - 480 BCE Silver 11,705 kg
Description
| Obverse: | I-X-NAI above (Greek).Herdsman, wearing kausia, guiding two bulls walking left upon dotted ground line |
| Reverse: | Wheel with four spokes within shallow incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Pangaion (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Macedonia | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Thraco-Macedonian tribes, Ichnai |
Chronology
| From | 500 BCE | to | 480 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
|
Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
|
Median weight in grams | 28.90 | Denomination: | octodrachm
|
Standard: | Reduced Aeginetic |
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.]]1Tzamalis 2012, p. 175-178 (Group 2.4), "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Wartenberg 2015 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Sear I, n° 1316 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 9 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 10 | Number of coins (n) | 14 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.56 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.4 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.11 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 55.56 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 20.25 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 405,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 25.2 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 64.29% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,382.72 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 11,705 kg <br /> 11,705 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,456.79 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Tzamalis, Alexandros Reginald (2012), Les ethnè de la région "thraco-macéconienne". Etude d'histoire et de numismatique, 2 vol., unpublished PhD, Paris IV-Sorbonne, Paris,
- ^ Wartenberg, Ute (2015), "Thraco-Macedonian bullion coinage in the fifth century B.C. : the case of Ichnai", in Ute Wartenberg and Michel Amandry (eds.), ΚΑΙΡΟΣ : contributions to numismatics in honor of Basil Demetriadi, New York : American Numismatic Society, p. 347-364, pl. 1-4.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
