Eretria (Rhodian power), silver, drachms (175-165 BCE)
From SILVER
175 BCE - 165 BCE Silver 1,036 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Helios facing slightly left |
| Reverse: | Rose with bud to right |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Eretria | Ancient region: | Euboea | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Rhodian power |
Chronology
| From | 175 BCE | to | 165 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 2.60 | Denomination: | drachma
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Standard: | Rhodian |
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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.]]1Ashton 1989 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMH, n° 156, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 6, n° 1515 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 13 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 6 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 22 | Number of coins (n) | 28 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.15 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.27 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.69 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 46.15 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 19.93 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 398,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 24.27 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 78.57% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,809.83 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,036 kg <br /> 1,036 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 7,024.59 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Ashton, Richard (1989), "A series of Rhodian didrachms from the mid-third century B.C.," The Numismatic Chronicle, 149, p. 1-13.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
