S 1816 - Acanthus, silver, tritetartemoria (Period C) (478-465 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 12726

478 BCE - 465 BCE Silver 411 kg

Description

Obverse:	Bull's head r., border of dots
Reverse:	Four-part incuse square

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Acanthus

Ancient region:

Macedon

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

478 BCE

to

465 BCE

Period: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

0.50

Denomination:

tritetartemorion

Standard:

Image

]]S1816 Acanthus tritetartemoria C.jpg [1]

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. 239-242, 244, 248-249, 249-251
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	19	59.38	19	20.21	52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 77, 80
2	4	12.5	8	8.51	61, 72, 75, 82
3	1	3.13	3	3.19	81
5	4	12.5	20	21.28	56, 76, 78, 83
6	1	3.13	6	6.38	68
10	1	3.13	10	10.64	60
14	2	6.25	28	29.79	57, 79
Total	32 of 32	100.02	94 of 94	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	32	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	19
Number of reverse dies (r)	56	Number of coins (n)	94
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.94	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.68
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.75	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	59.38 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	41.12	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	822,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	48.52	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00011
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	79.79%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	4,571.98
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	411 kg <br /> 411 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	11,429.96

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