S 1717 - Amphipolis, silver, diobols (shield/helmet) (196-179 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 11742

196 BCE - 179 BCE Silver 119 kg

Description

Obverse:	MAKE (Greek).Macedonian shield with club on boss
Reverse:	Macedonian helmet left, three monograms and kerykeion around.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Amphipolis

Ancient region:

Macedon

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Philip V of Macedonia (238-179 BCE), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

From

196 BCE

to

179 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

1.20

Denomination:

diobol

Standard:

Attic

Image

]]S1717 Amphipolis helmet shield diobols.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.]]1Kremydi 2018, p. 92-93
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
4	1	25	4	30.77	2
5	1	25	5	38.46	1
2	2	50	4	30.77	3, 4
Total	4 of 4	100	13 of 13	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	4	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ
Number of reverse dies (r)	2	Number of coins (n)	13
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	3.25	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	6.5
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	0.5	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	4.94	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	98,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	5.78	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00013
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	5,263.16
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	119 kg <br /> 119 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	13,157.89

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Likely military