Abdera, diobols (griffin/ram) (411/10-386/5 BCE)
From SILVER
410 BCE - 385 BCE Silver 196 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Griffin seated left. |
| Reverse: | Ram's head right in rectangular incuse. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Abdera | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 410 BCE | to | 385 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.30 | Denomination: | diobol
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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.]]1May 1966, p. 217-218 (Group XCIX), p. 224-225 (Group CII) | ||
| 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° 106c | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 9 | Number of coins (n) | 42 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 6 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 4.67 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.29 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 7.54 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 150,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 8.4 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00028 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 100% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 11,140.58 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 196 kg <br /> 196 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 27,851.46 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
