S 1818 - Acanthus, silver, diobols (Period D-E) (465-430 BCE)
From SILVER
465 BCE - 430 BCE Silver 515 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet |
| Reverse: | A-K-A-N in quadrant (Greek).Quadripartite incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Acanthus | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 465 BCE | to | 430 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.20 | Denomination: | diobol
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Standard: |
Image
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. 253, 263-264 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 10 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 16 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.6 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 21.46 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 429,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 26.67 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 68.75% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,491.15 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 515 kg <br /> 515 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,727.87 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Tselekas, Panagiotis (1996), The Coinage of Acanthus, Oxford, St Cross College, DPhil, 350 p., 7 maps, 53 pl.
