S 1867 - Opous (Locrians), silver, obols (430-400 BCE)
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430 BCE - 400 BCE Silver 140 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Amphora |
| Reverse: | Incuse square with skew pattern, O in one segment |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Opous | Ancient region: | Locri Opuntii (Opus) | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 430 BCE | to | 400 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.80 | Denomination: | obol
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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.]]1Morineau Humphris - Delbridge 2014, p. 139-140 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 4, n° 998 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 3 | Number of coins (n) | 22 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.14 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 7.33 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.43 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 14.29 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 8.74 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 174,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 10.27 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00013 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 95.45% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,034.32 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 140 kg <br /> 140 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 12,585.81 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Morineau Humphris, Jacqueline - Delbridge, Diana (2014), The Coinage of the Opuntian Lokrians, RNS Spec. Publ. 50, London, RNS, 264 p., 61 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
