S 1808 - Acanthus, silver, tetradrachms (Period F-G) (430-350 BCE) Tselekas
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430 BCE - 350 BCE Silver 20,572 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Lion to right, attacking a bull kneeling to left with upraised head, in exergue, in tiny letters, ΑΛΕ. |
| Reverse: | ΑΚΑ - Ν - ΘΙΟ - Ν (Greek).Quadripartite square with granulated surfaces, all within shallow incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Acanthus | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 430 BCE | to | 350 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 14.30 | 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. 304-323 (Period F-G) | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 19 | 35.19 | 19 | 12.93 | 285, 288, 289, 291, 293, 298, 301, 302, 303, 307, 315, 322, 324, 329, 332, 335, 336, 337, 338 |
| 2 | 16 | 29.63 | 32 | 21.77 | 287, 292, 295, 300, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 311, 313, 317, 318, 319, 326, 327 |
| 3 | 9 | 16.67 | 27 | 18.37 | 294, 296, 297, 299, 314, 321, 323, 331, 334 |
| 4 | 3 | 5.56 | 12 | 8.16 | 290, 320325 |
| 5 | 2 | 3.7 | 10 | 6.8 | 286, 316 |
| 6 | 2 | 3.7 | 12 | 8.16 | 312, 328 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.85 | 7 | 4.76 | 304 |
| 10 | 1 | 1.85 | 10 | 6.8 | 330 |
| 18 | 1 | 1.85 | 18 | 12.24 | 333 |
| Total | 54 of 54 | 100 | 147 of 147 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 54 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 19 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 75 | Number of coins (n) | 147 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.72 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.96 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.39 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 35.19 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 71.93 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,438,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 85.35 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00010 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 87.07% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 4,087.31 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 20,572 kg <br /> 20,572 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 10,218.27 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Tselekas, Panagiotis (1996), The Coinage of Acanthus, Oxford, St Cross College, DPhil, 350 p., 7 maps, 53 pl.
