Selymbria, silver, obols (cock/ear of corn) (425-410 BCE)
From SILVER
425 BCE - 410 BCE Silver 204 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Cockerel standing to left. |
| Reverse: | ΣA-ΛY (Greek).Ear of corn. ΣA-ΛY across fields. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Selymbria | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 425 BCE | to | 410 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.75 | Denomination: | obol
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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.]]1Schönert-Geiss 1975, p. 48-49, n° 66-73. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.2, n° 1639, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 144h | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 12 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.71 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.4 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.71 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 28.57 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 13.57 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 271,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 16.8 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 83.33% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,768.61 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 204 kg <br /> 204 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,421.52 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1975), Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria, Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike 13, Berlin, 62 p., 8 pl.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
