Cabyle (?) (Cavarus), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (220-218 BCE)
From SILVER
220 BCE - 218 BCE Silver 336 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΥΑΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus seated left on throne, nude to the waist, holding eagle and scepter. In left field, Artemis facing and hodling torches. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Cabyle | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Bulgaria | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Cavarus (king of Thrace, 219-210 BCE) |
Chronology
| From | 220 BCE | to | 218 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.80 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
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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.]]1Gerassimov 1957, p. 1-5, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Draganov 1993, p. 147-148 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 12 | 1 | 100 | 12 | 100 | 5 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 12 of 12 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 4 | Number of coins (n) | 12 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 12 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 4 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 1 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 20,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.09 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00060 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 100% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 24,000 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 336 kg <br /> 336 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 60,000 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military This obverse die is linked to reverses in the name of Alexander the Great
