Zancle (Messana), silver, obols (dolphin/mussel shell in incuse square) (515-493 BCE)
From SILVER
500 BCE - 490 BCE Silver 702 kg
Description
| Obverse: | DANK (Greek).Dolphin swimming l., all within sickle-shaped harbour. |
| Reverse: | Mussel shell within nine various square patterns |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Zancle | Ancient region: | Sicily | Modern country: Italy | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 500 BCE | to | 490 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.75 | Denomination: | obol
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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.]]1Gielow 1930, p. 1-54, pl. 1-7, n° 70-81. | ||
| 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° 723, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 2, n° 769 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 12 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 12 | Number of coins (n) | 15 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.25 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.25 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 75 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 46.8 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 936,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 60 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 40% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 641.03 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 702 kg <br /> 702 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 1,602.56 |
Remarks
References
- ^ H. E. Gielow (1930), "Die Silberprägung von Dankle-Messana (Ca. 515-396 v. Chr.)", Mitteilungen des Bayerischen Numismatischen Gesellschaft, XLVIII, p. 1-54, pl. 1-7.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.
