Abdera, silver, triobols (griffin/bull) (411/10-386/5 BCE)
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410 BCE - 385 BCE Silver 70 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Griffin seated to left, right forepaw raised, laurel-leaf below raised forepaw. |
| Reverse: | Bull head within incuse square. |
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 | 1.65 | Denomination: | triobole | 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. 236-237 (Group CXI) | ||
| 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° 106b, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.2, n° 1150 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 5 | 1 | 50 | 5 | 38.46 | 279 |
| 8 | 1 | 50 | 8 | 61.54 | 280 |
| Total | 2 of 2 | 100 | 13 of 13 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 2 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 2 | Number of coins (n) | 13 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 6.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 6.5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 2.13 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 42,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 2.36 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00031 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 100% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 12,206.57 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 70 kg <br /> 70 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 30,516.43 |
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.
