Teos, silver, staters (griffin/quadripartite incuse square) (412-407 BCE)
From SILVER
412 BCE - 407 BCE Silver 1,812 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Griffin seated right, raising forepaw, bee above |
| Reverse: | Quadripartite incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Teos | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 412 BCE | to | 407 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 12.00 | Denomination: | stater
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Standard: |
Image
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. 48-49, n° 133-136 (Group LXXVI-LXXVII) | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 28.57 | 134, 135 |
| 2 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 28.57 | 133 |
| 3 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 42.86 | 136 |
| Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 7 of 7 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 7 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.75 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.4 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.25 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 7.55 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 151,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 9.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 71.43% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,854.3 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,812 kg <br /> 1,812 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,635.76 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Balcer, Jack M. (1968), "The early silver coinage of Teos", Revue Suisse de Numismatique 47, p. 5-50.
