S 1812 - Acanthus, silver, tritetartemoria (Period B) (500-478 BCE)
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500 BCE - 478 BCE Silver 755 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Bull's protome to right. |
| 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 | 0.50 | Denomination: | tritetartemorion | 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. 202-203 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 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 obverses ᵖ (o) | 40 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 32 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 46 | Number of coins (n) | 70 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.75 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.52 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.15 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 80 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 75.47 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,509,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 93.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 54.29% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,855.04 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 755 kg <br /> 755 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,637.6 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Tselekas, Panagiotis (1996), The Coinage of Acanthus, Oxford, St Cross College, DPhil, 350 p., 7 maps, 53 pl.
