Abdera, bronze, 5.5g (Poseidon/griffin) (150-50 BCE)
From SILVER
150 BCE - 50 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Poseidon right, wearing tainia. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | ABΔΗPΙΤΩΝ (Greek).Griffin lying left, open wing, one paw raised, in front of a caduceus. In the field, magistrate name. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Abdera | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 150 BCE | to | 50 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 5.50 | Denomination: | hemiobol
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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.]]1Chryssanthaki-Nagle 2007, p. 322-324, no. 836-851. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.2, n° 1236 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 13 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 15 | Number of coins (n) | 24 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.85 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.6 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.15 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 69.23 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 22.98 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 459,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 28.36 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 62.5% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,088.77 |
| 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 | 5,221.93 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Chryssanthaki-Nagle, Katerina (2007), L’histoire monétaire d’Abdère en Thrace (VIe s. av. J.-C. – IIe s. ap. J.-C.), Paris, de Boccard, 431 p., 64 plates.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
