Abdera, silver, octodrachms (griffin/quadripartite incuse square) (520-475 BCE)
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520 BCE - 475 BCE Silver 41,280 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Griffon with rounded wings seated l. on leaf-and- tongue exergual line, raising its r. foreleg, in field l., ΑΝΤΙ, above, two pellets |
| Reverse: | Shallow four-part incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Abdera | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 520 BCE | to | 475 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 29.60 | Denomination: | octodrachm
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Standard: | Thraco-Macedonian |
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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, p. 59-81 | ||
| 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° 1335 and 1339, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 101, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.2, n° 1124-1125 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 26 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 17 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 37 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.42 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 65.38 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 69.73 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,394,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 87.45 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 54.05% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,061.24 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 41,280 kg <br /> 41,280 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 2,653.09 |
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.
