Abdera (Trajan), bronze (5.5g) (Trajan/male head) (102-117 CE)
From SILVER
102 CE - 117 CE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | ΑΥΤΌ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΩ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ CΕΒΑCΤΩ (Greek).Bust of Trajan right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ(ΚΩ ΑΒΔΗΡΕΙΤΑΙ (Greek).Male head right. Border of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Abdera | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Roman Empire, Trajan (Roman emperor, 98-117 AD) |
Chronology
| From | 102 CE | to | 117 CE | Period: Roman from 30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 5.50 | Denomination: | 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.]]1Chryssanthaki-Nagle 2007, p. 841-843, n° 901, 904-907 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RPC III, p. 87, nr° 671 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 4 | 80 | 4 | 57.14 | 3.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 42.86 | 4.1 |
| Total | 5 of 5 | 100 | 7 of 7 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 4 | Number of coins (n) | 7 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.75 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.8 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 80 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 13.93 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 278,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 17.5 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 42.86% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,005.03 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 2,512.56 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Chryssanthaki-Nagle, Katerina (2007), L’histoire monétaire d’Abdère en Thrace (VIe s. av. J.-C. – IIe s. ap. J.-C.), Paris, de Boccard, 431 p., 64 plates.
- ^ Mairat, Jérôme, Metcalf, William, Bricault, Laurent, Blet-Lemarquand, Maryse (2015), Roman Provincial Coinage. III. Part 1 : From Nerva to Hadrian (AD 96-138), London-Paris, British Museum & Bibliothèque nationale de France
