Teos, silver, hemiobols (griffin/quadripartite incuse square) (540-478 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 7558

540 BCE - 478 BCE Silver 53 kg

Description

Obverse:	Griffin with curled wings seated right
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

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

0.55

Denomination:

hemiobol

Standard:

Image

]]AC225d Teos hemiobol 540 478.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.]]1Balcer 1968, p. 35, n° 67-68 (Group XXIX)
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° 225d

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	1	50	1	33.33	68
2	1	50	2	66.67	67
Total	2 of 2	100	3 of 3	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	1
Number of reverse dies (r)	2	Number of coins (n)	3
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.5	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.5
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	4.81	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	96,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	6	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	66.67%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,247.4
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	53 kg <br /> 53 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	3,118.5

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation