AC 171a - Elimeia (Derdas), bronze, chalkoi (390-382 BCE)
From SILVER
390 BCE - 382 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Laureate head of Apollo to right. |
| Reverse: | ΔΕΡ-Δ-Α (Greek).Horseman, on galloping horse to right, wearing petasos, chlamys and crowning his horse with a wreath held in his outstretched right hand. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Elimeia | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Derdas (king of Elimiotes, early 4th century BC) |
Chronology
| From | 390 BCE | to | 382 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 3.00 | Denomination: | chalkous
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Standard: |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Liampi 1998b, n° 11 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMAC, n° 171a | ||
Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 6 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 8 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.33 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.14 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.17 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 18.97 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 379,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 24 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 843.44 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 2,108.59 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Liampi, Katerini (1998) "The Coinage of King Derdas and the History of the Elimiote Dynasty", in A. Burnett et al. (éd.), Coins of Macedonia and Rome: Essays in Honour of Charles Hersh, Londres, p. 5-11, pl. 1-2.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
