S 234 - Aetolia (uncertain mint) (Aetolian League), silver, triobols (323-290 BCE)
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323 BCE - 290 BCE Silver 653 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Atalanta right, wearing earrings and necklace. In the field, two greek letters. |
| Reverse: | AΙΤΩΛΩΝ (Greek).Boar standing left or right. In the field or at the exergue, spear head. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aetolia (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Aetolia | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Aetolian League |
Chronology
| From | 323 BCE | to | 290 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 2.60 | Denomination: | Triobol | Standard: |
Image
_(Aetolian_League),_silver,_triobols_(323-290_BCE).png)
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Tsangari 2007, p. 45-46, no. 56-71. | ||
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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) | 13 | Number of coins (n) | 31 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.1 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.38 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.3 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 12.55 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 251,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 14.76 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00012 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 83.87% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 4,940.24 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 653 kg <br /> 653 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 12,350.6 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Tsangari, Dimitra (2007) Corpus des monnaies d’or, d’argent et de Bronze de la confédération étolienne, Athens, 507 p. : illustrations.
