Colophon, silver, tetradrachms (16g) (Apollo/standing Apollo Klarios) (170-150 BCE)
From SILVER
170 BCE - 150 BCE Silver 406 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. |
| Reverse: | ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙOΝ (Greek).Apollo Klarios standing right holding filleted branch, right hand placed on lyre, all within laurel wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Colophon | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Attalid Kingdom |
Chronology
| From | 170 BCE | to | 150 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.00 | 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.]]1Kinns 1980, p. 582 (Period IV, AR VII). | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 3 | 1 | 100 | 3 | 100 | 1 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 3 of 3 | 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) | 2 | Number of coins (n) | 3 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 1.27 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 25,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.5 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00012 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 100% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 4,724.41 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 406 kg <br /> 406 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 11,811.02 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Kinns, Philip (1980), Studies in the coinage of Ionia: Erythrae, Teos, Lebedus, Colophon, c. 400-30 B.C., unpublished PhD thesis, Cambridge University.
