Selymbria, silver, diobols (cock/quadripartite incuse square) (490-470 BCE)
From SILVER
490 BCE - 470 BCE Silver 1,884 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Cockerel standing to the right, symbol in the field above. |
| Reverse: | Quadratum incusum with 4 fields. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Selymbria | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 490 BCE | to | 470 BCE | Period: Archaic and Classical |
Physical description
| Metal: | Silver 
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Median weight in grams | 1.00 | Denomination: | diobol
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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.]]1Schönert-Geiss 1975, n° 25-34. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMAC, n°144c, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.2, n° 1633 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 11 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 10 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 10 | Number of coins (n) | 12 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.09 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.2 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.91 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 90.91 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 94.22 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,884,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 132 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00001 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 16.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 254.72 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,884 kg <br /> 1,884 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 636.81 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1975), Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria, Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike 13, Berlin, 62 p., 8 pl.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
