S 1812 - Acanthus, silver, tritetartemoria (Period B) (500-478 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 12717

500 BCE - 478 BCE Silver 755 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Bull's protome to right.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	Quadripartite incuse square

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.

500 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

478 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic until 480 BC

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Silver

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

0.50

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

tritetartemorion

StandardStandard.:

Image

]]S1812 Acanthus tritetartemoria B.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Tselekas 1996, p. 202-203
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/acanthus.tselekas 1996.period.a.tr1-3.b.tr5-7

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	32	80	32	45.71	13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51
2	4	10	8	11.43	22, 27, 29, 31
3	1	2.5	3	4.29	25
5	1	2.5	5	7.14	17
9	1	2.5	9	12.86	12
13	1	2.5	13	18.57	21
Total	40 of 40	100	70 of 70	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	40	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	32
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	46	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	70
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.75	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.52
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.15	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	80 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	75.47	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	1,509,400
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)	93.33	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00005
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	54.29%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	1,855.04
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	755 kg <br /> 755 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	4,637.6

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