S 1634 - Macedonia (uncertain mint), silver, double sigloi (500 BCE)
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500 BCE - 500 BCE Silver 241 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Bearded head l. with Corinthian helmet |
| Reverse: | Incuse lyre |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Macedonia (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Macedonia | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 500 BCE | to | 500 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 9.50 | Denomination: | Standard: | double siglos |
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.]]1Wartenberg 1998b | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 3541 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 3 | 1 | 100 | 3 | 100 | 1 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 3 of 3 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 1 | Number of coins (n) | 3 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 1.27 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 25,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.5 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00012 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 4,724.41 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 241 kg <br /> 241 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 11,811.02 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Wartenberg, Ute (1998), "Calymna calumniated – a nineteenth-century misattribution?", in Richard Ashton and Sylvia Hurter (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in Memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, 1998, p. 363-371, pl. 76-77.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
