S 1806 - Acanthus, silver, tetradrachms (Period C) (478-465 BCE) Tselekas
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478 BCE - 465 BCE Silver 148,568 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Lion to right, attacking bull, collapsing to left with head raised and turned back to right, above, Θ to the right of the bull's horn, below bull, exergual line of pellets between two plain lines and with a floral ornament below |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Quadripartite incuse square with granulated surfaces |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Acanthus | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 478 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 465 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 17.10 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: |
Image
S1806 Acanthus tetradrachms C.jpg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Tselekas 19961Tselekas 1996, p. 225-251 (Period C) | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | |||
Obverse dies distribution
| FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ | Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | % (n) | Die nameName(s) of the die(s). |
| 1 | 75 | 83.33 | 75 | 70.09 | 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 189, 190, 192, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 234 |
| 2 | 13 | 14.44 | 26 | 24.3 | 126, 145, 146, 157, 158, 187, 188, 191, 193, 220, 221, 222, 232 |
| 3 | 2 | 2.22 | 6 | 5.61 | 182, 233 |
| Total | 90 of 90 | 99.99 | 107 of 107 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 90 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 75 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 106 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 107 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.19 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.01 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.18 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 83.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 434.41 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 8,688,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ᵖ (O) | 566.47 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00001 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 29.91% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 492.62 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ᵖ | 148,568 kg <br /> 148,568 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 1,231.56 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Tselekas, Panagiotis (1996), The Coinage of Acanthus, Oxford, St Cross College, DPhil, 350 p., 7 maps, 53 pl.
