S 1823 - Acanthus, silver, tritetartemoria (Period F) (430-380 BCE)
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430 BCE - 380 BCE Silver 377 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of bull right |
| Reverse: | Head of bull right Quadripartite incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Acanthus | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 430 BCE | to | 380 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.40 | 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. 300-304 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 21 | 72.41 | 21 | 36.21 | 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125 |
| 2 | 3 | 10.34 | 6 | 10.34 | 98, 111, 126 |
| 3 | 1 | 3.45 | 3 | 5.17 | 110 |
| 4 | 1 | 3.45 | 4 | 6.9 | 108 |
| 6 | 1 | 3.45 | 6 | 10.34 | 116 |
| 8 | 1 | 3.45 | 8 | 13.79 | 120 |
| 10 | 1 | 3.45 | 10 | 17.24 | 109 |
| Total | 29 of 29 | 100 | 58 of 58 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 29 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 21 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 33 | Number of coins (n) | 58 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.76 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.14 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 72.41 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 47.08 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 941,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 58 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00006 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 63.79% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,463.89 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 377 kg <br /> 377 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 6,159.73 |
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.
