Amphipolis, silver, tetradrachms (370-353 BCE)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 13070


370 BCE - 353 BCE Silver 9,727 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo facing, slightly inclined to right, wearing a laurel-wreath
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: 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
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Amphipolis 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. 370 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 353 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 14.20 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.:



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 5 17.24 5 4.55 4, 7, 18, 22, 26
2 6 20.69 12 10.91 2, 5, 17, 23, 25, 27
3 6 20.69 18 16.36 10, 12, 19, 20, 24, 29
4 3 10.34 12 10.91 1, 16, 28
5 3 10.34 15 13.64 11, 13, 14
6 2 6.9 12 10.91 3, 9
7 1 3.45 7 6.36 21
8 1 3.45 8 7.27 8
10 1 3.45 10 9.09 15
11 1 3.45 11 10 6
Total 29 of 29 100 110 of 110 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 29 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  5
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 42 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 110
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 3.79 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 2.62
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.45 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  17.24 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  34.25 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  685,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 39.38 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00016
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 95.45% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  6,423.36
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  9,727 kg <br /> 9,727 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  16,058.39
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Likely military

References

  1. ^  Lorber, Catharine C. (1990), Amphipolis. The civic coinage in silver and gold, Los Angeles, NFA inc., 196 p., 31 pl.
  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.
  4. ^  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.