S 1813 - Acanthus, silver, drachms (Period B) (500-478 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 12719

500 BCE - 478 BCE Silver 2,936 kg

Description

Obverse:	Bull kneeling right, head left, floral ornament in exergue
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

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

4.60

Denomination:

drachma

Standard:

Image

]]S1813 Acanthus drachms B.jpg

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. 206-207
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	5	83.33	5	71.43	2, 3, 4, 5, 6
2	1	16.67	2	28.57	1
Total	6 of 6	100	7 of 7	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	6	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	5
Number of reverse dies (r)	5	Number of coins (n)	7
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.17	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.4
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	0.83	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	83.33 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	31.91	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	638,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	42	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00001
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	28.57%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	438.73
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	2,936 kg <br /> 2,936 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	1,096.83

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