S 1805 - Acanthus, silver, tetradrachms (Period B) (500-478 BCE) Tselekas
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500 BCE - 478 BCE Silver 136,461 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Lioness to right, attacking bull collapsing to left, in exergue floral ornament |
| Reverse: | Quadripartite incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Acanthus | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 500 BCE | to | 478 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 17.10 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: |
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Tselekas 1996, p. 199-225 (Period B) | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 81 | 86.17 | 81 | 70.43 | 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 122, 123, 124 |
| 2 | 8 | 8.51 | 16 | 13.91 | 47, 69, 80, 84, 93, 101, 105, 111 |
| 3 | 4 | 4.26 | 12 | 10.43 | 33, 38, 44, 121 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.06 | 6 | 5.22 | 120 |
| Total | 94 of 94 | 100 | 115 of 115 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 94 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 81 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 93 | Number of coins (n) | 115 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.22 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.24 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.99 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 86.17 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 399.01 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 7,980,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 514.76 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00001 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 29.57% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 576.43 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 136,461 kg <br /> 136,461 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 1,441.07 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Tselekas, Panagiotis (1996), The Coinage of Acanthus, Oxford, St Cross College, DPhil, 350 p., 7 maps, 53 pl.
