Abdera, silver, staters (griffin/Apollo) (386/5-365/60 BCE)
From SILVER
385 BCE - 360 BCE Silver 3,409 kg
Description
| Obverse: | ΕΠΙ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ (Greek).ΕΠΙ + monetary name. Griffin sitting left on a line, fore-right paw raised. |
| Reverse: | ΑΒΔΗΡΙ-ΤΕΩΝ (Greek).ΑΒΔΗΡΙ-ΤΕΩΝ. Head of Apollo with laurel wreath to the right. The whole in the quadratum incusum |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Abdera | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 385 BCE | to | 360 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 11.25 | Denomination: | stater
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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 | ||
| 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° 108, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.2, 1204 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 13 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 52 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 30.77 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 15.15 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 303,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 17.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00017 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 92.31% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,864.69 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 3,409 kg <br /> 3,409 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 17,161.72 |
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.
- ^ 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.
