Syracuse (Agathocles), silver, tetradrachms (Kore/Nike) (310-305 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 10618

310 BCE - 305 BCE Silver 19,692 kg

Description

Obverse:	ΚΟΡΑΣ (Greek).Head of Kore-persephone right, crowned with wreath of barley and reeds and wearing a single-drop earring and necklace, border of dots
Reverse:	ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ (Greek).Nike naked to waist standing right on ground line, fixing helmet to trophy with the help of hammer and nail, in left field, triskeles, in right field, monogram

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Syracuse

Ancient region:

Sicily

Modern country: Italy

Authority:

Agathocles of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse in 317-289 BC and self-styled king of Sicily in 304-289 BC)

Chronology

From

310 BCE

to

305 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

17.15

Denomination:

tetradrachm

Standard:

Attic

Image

]]S 1520 - Syracuse (Agathocles), silver, tetradrachms (305-295 BCE).jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Riffaud 1989
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 2, n° 1536
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.de lisle 2021.s4

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	4	7.02	4	0.63	10b, 10, 35, 36
2	4	7.02	8	1.27	7b, 11, 20, 37
3	6	10.53	18	2.85	11b, 13b, 4, 7, 18, 30
4	4	7.02	16	2.54	9b, 23, 28, 34
5	2	3.51	10	1.58	31
6	4	7.02	24	3.8	3, 9, 17, 29
8	1	1.75	8	1.27	22
7	1	1.75	7	1.11	33
9	2	3.51	18	2.85	5, 25
10	2	3.51	20	3.17	2b, 6b
11	3	5.26	33	5.23	12, 15, 27
12	6	10.53	72	11.41	5b, 8b, 14b, 2, 24, 26
13	4	7.02	52	8.24	1b, 13, 16, 32
14	1	1.75	14	2.22	6
15	2	3.51	30	4.75	19, 21
16	1	1.75	16	2.54	1
17	1	1.75	17	2.69	3b
18	2	3.51	36	5.71	4a, 8
22	3	5.26	66	10.46	1a, 4b, 14
25	1	1.75	25	3.96	3a
31	1	1.75	31	4.91	16
34	1	1.75	34	5.39	2a
72	1	1.75	72	11.41	5a
Total	57 of 57	99.98	631 of 631	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	57	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	4
Number of reverse dies (r)	116	Number of coins (n)	631
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	11.07	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	5.44
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2.04	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	7.02 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	57.41	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	1,148,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	62.66	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00055
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	99.37%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	21,982.23
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	19,692 kg <br /> 19,692 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	54,955.58

Remarks

Most likely more than 2 workstations