Thera?, silver, staters (530-500 BCE)
From SILVER
530 BCE - 500 BCE Silver 1,146 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Two dolphins swimming in opposite directions. |
| Reverse: | Incuse square divided into eight triangles, some of which are filled. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Thera | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 530 BCE | to | 500 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 12.30 | 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.]]1Sheedy 1998 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 3064, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 244, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 6, n° 855 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 12.5 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 37.5 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 43.75 | 2 |
| Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 16 of 16 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 6 | Number of coins (n) | 16 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.67 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.5 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 25 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 4.66 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 93,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 5.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00017 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 93.75% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,866.95 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,146 kg <br /> 1,146 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 17,167.38 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Sheedy, Kenneth A. (1998), "The Dolphins, the Crab, the Sphinx and 'Aphrodite'", in Richard Ashton and Silvia Hurter (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in Memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 321-325, pl. 69.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
