Colophon, silver, hemidrachms (1.5g) (Apollo/cithara) (330-310 BCE)
From SILVER
330 BCE - 310 BCE Silver 428 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. |
| Reverse: | ΚΟΛΟΦ(Ω) (Greek).Tripod. In field, magistrate's name. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Colophon | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 330 BCE | to | 310 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC  , Hellenistic 323-30 BC
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.50 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
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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. 571-572 (Period II, AR III). | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 10 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 12 | Number of coins (n) | 24 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.2 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 14.27 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 285,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 17.14 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00008 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 79.17% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,363.7 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 428 kg <br /> 428 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 8,409.25 |
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- ^ Kinns, Philip (1980), Studies in the coinage of Ionia: Erythrae, Teos, Lebedus, Colophon, c. 400-30 B.C., unpublished PhD thesis, Cambridge University.
