Selymbria, silver, octobols (cock/quadripartite incuse square) (490-470 BCE)
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490 BCE - 470 BCE Silver 988 kg
Description
| Obverse: | ΣA (Greek).Cock walking left. |
| Reverse: | Quadripartite incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Selymbria | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 490 BCE | to | 470 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC  , Classical 480-323 BC
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 4.30 | Denomination: | octobol
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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° 1-18. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 1647, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 144, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.2, n° 1628 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 17 | Number of coins (n) | 19 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.38 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.12 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.13 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 62.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 11.49 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 229,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 13.82 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00008 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 73.68% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,307.22 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 988 kg <br /> 988 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 8,268.06 |
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.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ 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.
