Teos, silver, drachms (griffin/quadripartite incuse square) (540-478 BCE)
From SILVER
540 BCE - 478 BCE Silver 7,835 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised. |
| Reverse: | Quadripartite incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Teos | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 540 BCE | to | 478 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 5.9 | Denomination: | drachma
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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.]]1Balcer 1968, p. 30-32 (Group XX) | ||
| 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° 224, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Sear II, nº 3509 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 21 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 17 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 24 | Number of coins (n) | 28 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.33 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.17 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.14 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 80.95 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 66.4 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,328,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 84 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 39.29% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 843.37 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 7,835 kg <br /> 7,835 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 2,108.43 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Balcer, Jack M. (1968), "The early silver coinage of Teos", Revue Suisse de Numismatique 47, p. 5-50.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
