Eretria, silver, drachms (400-395 BCE)
From SILVER
400 BCE - 395 BCE Silver 1,094 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Nymph Euboia right. |
| Reverse: | EYB (Greek).Head and neck of cow right, EY-B around. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Eretria | Ancient region: | Euboea | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Euboean League |
Chronology
| From | 400 BCE | to | 395 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 4.00 | 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.]]1Wallace 1956, n° 19-33. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 2464, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 188 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 11 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 9 | Number of coins (n) | 35 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.18 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.89 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.82 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9.09 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 13.68 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 273,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 16.04 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00013 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 97.14% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,116.96 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,094 kg <br /> 1,094 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 12,792.4 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Wallace, William P. (1956), The Euboian League and its coinage, Numismatic notes and monographs 134, New York, 180 p., 16 pl., n° 1-13.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
