Teos, silver, staters (griffin/quadripartite incuse square) (478-449 BCE)
From SILVER
478 BCE - 449 BCE Silver 9,477 kg
Description
| Obverse: | (Greek).Griffin seated right, raising forepaw, to right, dolphin downward |
| Reverse: | Quadripartite incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Teos | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 478 BCE | to | 449 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 11.90 | 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. 37-43, n° 84-107 (Groups XXXV-LVIII) | ||
| 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° 226 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 24 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 12 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 29 | Number of coins (n) | 47 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.96 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.62 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.21 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 39.82 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 796,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 49.04 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00006 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 74.47% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,360.62 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 9,477 kg <br /> 9,477 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 5,901.56 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
