370 BCE - 353 BCE Silver 9,727 kg
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| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Apollo facing, slightly inclined to right, wearing a laurel-wreath
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| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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AMΦ-IΠO-ΛIT-EΩN (Greek).AMΦ-IΠO-ΛIT-EΩN on a broad frame of a raised linear square enclosing a race-torch, a tripod on inner left, all within a broad shallow incuse square
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Amphipolis
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Ancient regionAncient region.:
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Macedon
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.
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370 BCE
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toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..
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353 BCE
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PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:
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Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams
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14.20
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.:
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| FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ
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Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)
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% (o)
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Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)
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% (n)
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Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
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| 1
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5
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17.24
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5
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4.55
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4, 7, 18, 22, 26
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| 2
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6
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20.69
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12
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10.91
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2, 5, 17, 23, 25, 27
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| 3
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6
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20.69
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18
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16.36
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10, 12, 19, 20, 24, 29
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| 4
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3
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10.34
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12
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10.91
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1, 16, 28
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| 5
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3
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10.34
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15
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13.64
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11, 13, 14
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| 6
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2
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6.9
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12
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10.91
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3, 9
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| 7
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1
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3.45
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7
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6.36
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21
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| 8
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1
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3.45
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8
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7.27
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8
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| 10
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1
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3.45
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10
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9.09
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15
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| 11
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1
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3.45
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11
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10
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6
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| Total
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29 of 29
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100
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110 of 110
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100
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no distribution is available
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| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)
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29
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Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ
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5
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| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)
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42
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Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)
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110
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| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)
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3.79
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Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)
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2.62
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| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)
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1.45
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Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ
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17.24 %
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| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ
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34.25
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Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ
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685,000
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| 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)
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39.38
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Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ
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0.00016
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| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)
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95.45%
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Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ
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6,423.36
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| 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
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9,727 kg <br /> 9,727 kg
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Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ
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16,058.39
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Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Lorber, Catharine C. (1990), Amphipolis. The civic coinage in silver and gold, Los Angeles, NFA inc., 196 p., 31 pl.
- ^ 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. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
Amphipolis, silver, tetradrachms (370-353 BCE)
