AC 147 - Acanthus, silver, tetradrachms (465-424 BCE) Desneux

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7728

465 BCE - 424 BCE Silver 31,341 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Lion r., attacking kneeling bull, in exergue, tunny l.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	AKANΘION (Greek).Four-part linear square, around, AKA / NΘ /I - ON within shallow incuse square

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Acanthus

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

465 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

424 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical ^{480-323 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Silver

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

17.00

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard.:

Image

AC147 Acanthus.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Desneux 19491Desneux 1949, n° 93-115
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear I2Sear I, n° 1364-1365, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 147

Obverse dies distribution

FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ^ᵖ	Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	% (n)	Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1	19	86.36	19	70.37	90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109
2	1	4.55	2	7.41	111
3	2	9.09	6	22.22	104, 110
Total	22 of 22	100	27 of 27	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	22	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	19
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	13	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	27
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.23	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	2.08
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	0.59	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	86.36 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	92.18	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	1,843,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ^ᵖ (O)	118.8	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00001
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	29.63%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	585.81
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ^ᵖ	31,341 kg <br /> 31,341 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	1,464.53

Remarks

References

^ Desneux, Jules (1949), "Les tétradrachmes d’Akanthos", Revue Belge de Numismatique, 95, p. 5-122, pl. 1-38.
^ 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.