Abdera, silver, drachms (griffin/incuse square) (492-449/8 BCE)
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492 BCE - 449/8 BCE Silver 880 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Griffin (type B) seated left, raising right forepaw. |
| Reverse: | Quadripartite incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Abdera | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 492 BCE | to | 449/8 BCE | Period: Archaic and Classical |
Physical description
| Metal: | Silver 
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Median weight in grams | 3.35 | Denomination: | drachma
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Standard: |
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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 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 1530, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 104, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.2, n° 1144 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 12 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 65 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 5.42 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 16.67 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 13.14 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 262,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 14.72 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00025 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 96.92% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 9,893.46 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 880 kg <br /> 880 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 24,733.64 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ May, John M F. (1966), The coinage of Abdera (540-345 B.C.), RNS Spec. Publ. 3, London, 268 p., 24 pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ 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.
