AC 228 - Samos, silver, drachms (526-522 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7576

526 BCE - 522 BCE Silver 2,990 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Forepart of winged boar left
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	Lion scalp facing in dotted square within incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Samos

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Ionia (islands)

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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.

526 BCE

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

522 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic until 480 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

3.50

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

drachma

StandardStandard.:

Image

AC 228 Samos Drachma 526-522.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Barron 19661Barron 1966, variétés 1-70.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear II2Sear II, n°3519-3520, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 228
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/samos barron 1966 lyd-mil drachms

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	13	38.24	13	12.38	1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23, 30, 33
2	7	20.59	14	13.33	3, 12, 13, 17, 26, 29, 32
3	3	8.82	9	8.57	8, 28, 34
4	2	5.88	8	7.62	5, 20
5	2	5.88	10	9.52	7, 31
6	2	5.88	12	11.43	19, 25
7	3	8.82	21	20	11, 16, 24
8	1	2.94	8	7.62	22
10	1	2.94	10	9.52	27
Total	34 of 34	99.99	105 of 105	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	34	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	13
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	51	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	105
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	3.09	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	2.06
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.5	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	38.24 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	42.71	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	854,200
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)	50.28	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00012
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	87.62%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	4,916.88
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	2,990 kg <br /> 2,990 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	12,292.2

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