AC 199 - Arcadia (Arcadian League), silver, triobols (480-455 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 8482


480 BCE - 455 BCE Silver 4,888 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Zeus Lykaios seated left, holding scepter, eagle flying left from his hand.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AP, APK or APKAΔIKON (Greek).Head of Kallisto right, wearing tainia, within incuse square.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Arcadia (various mints) Ancient regionAncient region.: Peloponnesus 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: Arcadian league
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 455 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 2.95 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: triobole StandardStandard.:
Image
AC199 Arkadia.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Williams 19651Williams 1965, n° 1-22, 29-30, 33-52, 54-67, 73-97, 104-7 et 109-25.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear I2Sear I, n° 2672, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 199



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1 23 34.33 23 10.6 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 15, 16, 23, 29, 33, 34, 37, 39, 42, 45, 47, 48, 54, 55, 64, 72, 85, 86
2 15 22.39 30 13.82 5, 10, 13, 27, 28, 32, 35, 41, 56, 61, 63, 74, 76, 81, 84
3 7 10.45 21 9.68 7, 31, 36, 40, 80, 82, 83
4 5 7.46 20 9.22 4, 9, 12, 38, 77
5 2 2.99 10 4.61 14, 75
6 8 11.94 48 22.12 8, 24, 26, 58, 59, 70, 78, 79
7 1 1.49 7 3.23 30
8 2 2.99 16 7.37 44, 60
9 1 1.49 9 4.15 71
10 2 2.99 20 9.22 57, 62
13 1 1.49 13 5.99 46
Total 67 of 67 100.01 217 of 217 100.01
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 67 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  23
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) NC"NC" is not a number. Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 217
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 3.24 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  34.33 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  82.85 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  1,657,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 96.93 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00013
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 89.4% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  5,238.38
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  4,888 kg <br /> 4,888 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  13,095.96
Remarks

Most likely two workstations

References

  1. ^  Williams, Roderick T. (1965), The Confederate Coinage of the Arcadians in the Fifth Century B.C. ANSNNM 155, New York, xix, 141, xiv p.
  2. ^  Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
  3. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.