Teos, silver, staters (griffin/quadripartite incuse square) (540-478 BCE)
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540 BCE - 478 BCE Silver 9,296 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Griffin with open jaws and his left foreleg raised, seated to right on ground line |
| 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 | 11.80 | Denomination: | stater
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Standard: | Aeginetic |
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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. 24-30, n° 1-29 (Groups I-XIX). | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 3512, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n°225 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 12 | 41.38 | 12 | 15.79 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 |
| 2 | 6 | 20.69 | 12 | 15.79 | 6, 7, 9, 17, 24, 29 |
| 3 | 4 | 13.79 | 12 | 15.79 | 10, 12, 16, 25 |
| 4 | 3 | 10.34 | 12 | 15.79 | 3, 8, 23 |
| 5 | 1 | 3.45 | 5 | 6.58 | 14 |
| 6 | 1 | 3.45 | 6 | 7.89 | 22 |
| 7 | 1 | 3.45 | 7 | 9.21 | 13 |
| 10 | 1 | 3.45 | 10 | 13.16 | 15 |
| Total | 29 of 29 | 100 | 76 of 76 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 29 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 12 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 48 | Number of coins (n) | 76 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.62 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.58 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.66 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 41.38 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 39.39 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 787,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 46.89 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00010 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 84.21% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,858.85 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 9,296 kg <br /> 9,296 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 9,647.12 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Balcer, Jack M. (1968), "The early silver coinage of Teos", Revue Suisse de Numismatique 47, p. 5-50.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
