Teos, silver, trihemiobols (griffin/quadripartite incuse square) (540-490 BCE)
From SILVER
540 BCE - 490 BCE Silver 278 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised, Goose in lower right field. |
| Reverse: | Quadripartite incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Teos | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 540 BCE | to | 490 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC  , Classical 480-323 BC
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.40 | Denomination: | trihemiobol
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Standard: |
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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. 33-34, n° 57-63 (Groups XXII-XXV) | ||
| 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° 3511, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 225b | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 17 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.43 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.43 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 42.86 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.92 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 198,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 11.9 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00009 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 82.35% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,427.42 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 278 kg <br /> 278 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 8,568.55 |
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.
- ^ 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.
