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

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 7872

540 BCE - 478 BCE Silver 353 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of griffin to left
Reverse:	Quadripartite incuse square with central pellet

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Teos

Ancient region:

Ionia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From

540 BCE

to

478 BCE

Period: Archaic and Classical

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

0.10

Denomination:

hemitartemorion

Standard:

Image

]]AC225g Teos tetartemoria.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. 37, n° 81-3 (Group XXXIV)
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° 225g

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	3	100	3	100	81, 82, 83
Total	3 of 3	100	3 of 3	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	3	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	3
Number of reverse dies (r)	3	Number of coins (n)	3
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	100 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	176.47	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	3,529,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)		Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00000
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	0%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	34
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	353 kg <br /> 353 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	85

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation