Colophon, silver, drachms (2.9g) (Apollo/cithara) (310-294 BCE)
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310 BCE - 294 BCE Silver 1,115 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo left or right, wearing laurel wreath. |
| Reverse: | ΚΟΛΟ(ΦΩ) (Greek).Cithara. In field, magistrate's name. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Colophon | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 310 BCE | to | 294 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 2.90 | Denomination: | drachma
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Standard: |
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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.]]1Kinns 1980, p. 572-573 (Period II, AR IIB et IV). | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 6 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 11 | Number of coins (n) | 12 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.09 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.38 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 75 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 19.23 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 384,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 24 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 50% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,248.05 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,115 kg <br /> 1,115 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,120.12 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Kinns, Philip (1980), Studies in the coinage of Ionia: Erythrae, Teos, Lebedus, Colophon, c. 400-30 B.C., unpublished PhD thesis, Cambridge University.
