Terina, silver, nomoi (nymph Terina/Nike) (480-356 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 11515

480 BCE - 356 BCE Silver 6,095 kg

Description

Obverse:	TEPINAIΩN (Greek).Head of the nymph Terina right
Reverse:	Nike seated left on plinth, resting one hand upon plinth and holding out the other hand upon which a small bird alights

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Terina

Ancient region:

Bruttium

Modern country: Italy

Authority:

Chronology

From

480 BCE

to

356 BCE

Period: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

7.60

Denomination:

nomos, stater , didrachm

Standard:

Image

]]S1658 Terina stater.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.]]1Regling 1906
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HN Italy, n° 2629, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 1, n° 1756
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/terina.hn italy.2574-2580

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	3	7.5	3	0.64	G, NN, PP
2	4	10	8	1.69	B, Y, GG, KK
3	4	10	12	2.54	D, N, P, OO
4	2	5	8	1.69	A, Q
5	1	2.5	5	1.06	O
6	2	5	12	2.54	F, HH
7	1	2.5	7	1.48	II
8	1	2.5	8	1.69	K
9	1	2.5	9	1.91	C
10	2	5	20	4.24	E, DD
11	3	7.5	33	6.99	I, U, Z
12	2	5	24	5.08	W, EE
13	2	5	26	5.51	H, X
15	1	2.5	15	3.18	AA
16	1	2.5	16	3.39	LL
17	2	5	34	7.2	M, CC
18	1	2.5	18	3.81	BB
19	1	2.5	19	4.03	V
23	1	2.5	23	4.87	MM
27	1	2.5	27	5.72	T
29	1	2.5	29	6.14	FF
31	1	2.5	31	6.57	L
40	1	2.5	40	8.47	S
45	1	2.5	45	9.53	R
Total	40 of 40	100	472 of 472	99.97

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	40	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	3
Number of reverse dies (r)	65	Number of coins (n)	472
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	11.8	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	7.26
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.63	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	7.5 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	40.1	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	802,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	43.7	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00059
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	99.36%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	23,541.15
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	6,095 kg <br /> 6,095 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	58,852.87

Remarks

Most likely two workstations