Argilos, silver, 6th staters (520-478 BCE)

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|Image=RQEM_ad_77.png
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|Image=RQEM ad 77.jpeg
|Image reference=Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean 3115 (picture from Liampi 2005, pl. 6, no. 3c)
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|Image reference=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7165769
 
|Obverse description=Protome of Pegasus left or right, galopping.
 
|Obverse description=Protome of Pegasus left or right, galopping.
 
|Reverse description=Incuse square divided in four triangles.
 
|Reverse description=Incuse square divided in four triangles.
 
|Mint=Argilos
 
|Mint=Argilos
|Date from=520
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|Ancient region=Macedon
|Date to=510
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|Date from=520 BCE
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|Date to=478 BCE
 
|Period=Archaic
 
|Period=Archaic
|Metal=silver
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|Metal=Silver
|Denomination=hekte
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|Denomination=hekte ; sixth stater
|Median weight=2,6
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|Median weight=2.60
|Average weight=2,62
 
|Die study reference=Liampi 2005, p. 106-107, no. 3-4 and 6.  
 
 
|RQEM reference=RQEM ad.
 
|RQEM reference=RQEM ad.
 
|RQEM reference number=77
 
|RQEM reference number=77
|Number of obverse dies=3
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|Die study reference=Liampi 2005, p. 106-107, no. 3-4 and 6.
|Number of singletons=2
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|Coin series reference=HGC 3.1, n° 473-479
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|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argilos.liampi_2005.period_i_hektai; https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argilos.liampi_2005.period_ii_hektai; https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argilos.liampi_2005.period_iii_hektai; https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argilos.liampi_2005.period_iv_hektai.thirty-seconds
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|Number of obverse dies=25
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|Number of singletons=14
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|Number of coins=43
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|Remarks=Metrology p. 230-249.
 
|Number of unidentified obverse dies=0
 
|Number of unidentified obverse dies=0
|Number of reverse dies=3
 
 
|Number of unidentified reverse dies=0
 
|Number of unidentified reverse dies=0
|Number of coins=5
 
|Remarks=Metrology p. 230-249.
 
 
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|Frequency=1
 
|Frequency=1
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|Number of dies=14
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|Die name=4,6,9,10,14,16,17,18,26,38,43,56,58,60
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|Frequency=2
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|Number of dies=6
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|Die name=40,42,55,57,59,61
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|Number of dies=3
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|Die name=3,11,39
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|Frequency=4
 
|Number of dies=2
 
|Number of dies=2
|Die name=O4,O6
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|Die name=13,41
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|Die name=R3,R4,R6
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|Die name=R3,R4,R6
 
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Latest revision as of 22:22, 26 April 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1534


520 BCE - 478 BCE Silver 2,510 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Protome of Pegasus left or right, galopping.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Incuse square divided in four triangles.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Argilos 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. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 478 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic until 480 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 2.60 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hekte Nomisma.org, sixth stater 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 14 56 14 32.56 4, 6, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 26, 38, 43, 56, 58, 60
2 6 24 12 27.91 40, 42, 55, 57, 59, 61
3 3 12 9 20.93 3, 11, 39
4 2 8 8 18.6 13, 41
Total 25 of 25 100 43 of 43 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 25 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  14
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 43
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 1.72 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)  56 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  48.26 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  965,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 59.72 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00004
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 67.44% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  1,782.01
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  2,510 kg <br /> 2,510 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  4,455.04
Remarks

Metrology p. 230-249.

References

  1. ^  Liampi, Katerini (2005), Argilos. A Historical and Numismatic Study, Athens
  2. ^  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.