Euboea (uncertain mint) (Euboean League), silver, drachms (nymph Euboea/bull) (302-290 BCE)
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302 BCE - 290 BCE Silver 1,977 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of nymph Euboea right. |
| Reverse: | EY (Greek).Head of bull right, fillets from horns, lyre to right. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Euboea (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Euboea | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Euboean League |
Chronology
| From | 302 BCE | to | 290 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 3.70 | 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 | ||
| 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° 147, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 4, n° 1421 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 3 | 10.71 | 3 | 30, 33, 34 | |
| 2 | 1 | 3.57 | 2 | 55 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3.57 | 4 | 49 | |
| 5 | 1 | 3.57 | 5 | 47 | |
| 8 | 1 | 3.57 | 8 | 37 | |
| 13 | 1 | 3.57 | 13 | 48 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7.14 | 32 | 40, 50 | |
| 20 | 1 | 3.57 | 20 | 39 | |
| 25 | 1 | 3.57 | 25 | 32 | |
| 27 | 1 | 3.57 | 27 | 56 | |
| 29 | 1 | 3.57 | 29 | 31 | |
| 30 | 1 | 3.57 | 30 | 52 | |
| 34 | 1 | 3.57 | 34 | 46 | |
| 45 | 1 | 3.57 | 45 | 85 | |
| 51 | 1 | 3.57 | 51 | 51 | |
| 53 | 1 | 3.57 | 53 | 44 | |
| 61 | 1 | 3.57 | 61 | 57 | |
| 68 | 1 | 3.57 | 68 | 42 | |
| 72 | 2 | 7.14 | 144 | 36, 43 | |
| 78 | 1 | 3.57 | 78 | 41 | |
| 85 | 2 | 7.14 | 170 | 35, 45 | |
| 107 | 1 | 3.57 | 107 | 53 | |
| 118 | 1 | 3.57 | 118 | 38 | |
| Total | 28 of 28 | 99.96 | 1127 of 1,127 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 28 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 44 | Number of coins (n) | 1127 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 40.25 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 25.61 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.57 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 10.71 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 26.72 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 534,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 28.71 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00211 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 99.73% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 84,356.29 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,977 kg <br /> 1,977 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 210,890.72 |
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.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
