Erythrae, silver, Attic drachms (Heracles/club & bow in wreath) (303-297 BCE)
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303 BCE - 297 BCE Silver 1,346 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. |
| Reverse: | EPY between monogram and rattle (Greek).Club and bow in bowcase, above, APXIΔHMOΣ between |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Erythrae | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 303 BCE | to | 297 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 4.10 | Denomination: | drachma
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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. 438 (Period III, AR V, D61/64-R1/5). | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 12 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 25 | Number of coins (n) | 31 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.58 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.24 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.08 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 25 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 16.42 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 328,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 19.58 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00009 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 90.32% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,775.88 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,346 kg <br /> 1,346 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 9,439.71 |
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- ^ Kinns, Philip (1980), Studies in the coinage of Ionia: Erythrae, Teos, Lebedus, Colophon, c. 400-30 B.C., unpublished PhD thesis, Cambridge University.
