Side, silver, double sigloi (Athena/Apollo) (400-375 BCE)
From SILVER
400 BCE - 375 BCE Silver 7,620 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Athena standing to left, holding owl upon her outstretched right hand and resting shield against her left, pomegranate before, grounded spear behind. |
| Reverse: | Apollo standing to left, nude but for chlamys over shoulders, holding laurel branch over altar in right hand and bow in left, raven and ethnic in Sidetic behind, all within incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Side | Ancient region: | Pamphylia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Persian Empire |
Chronology
| From | 400 BCE | to | 375 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 10.80 | Denomination: | stater , double siglos
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Standard: | Persian |
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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.]]1Atlan 1967, n° 43-62. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 5428, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 269 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 20 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 14 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 25 | Number of coins (n) | 37 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.85 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.48 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.25 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 70 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 35.28 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 705,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 43.53 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 62.16% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,097.51 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 7,620 kg <br /> 7,620 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 5,243.76 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Atlan, Sabahat (1967), Untersuchungen über die sidetischen Münzen des V. und IV. Jahrhunderts v. Chr., Ankara, 181 p., 12 pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
