Maroneia, silver, hemidrachms (forepart of horse/grape bunch) (400-377 BCE)
From SILVER
400 BCE - 377 BCE Silver 257 kg
Description
| Obverse: | H-P (Greek).Forepart of horse to left. |
| Reverse: | Grape bunch on vine, within dotted linear square in shallow incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Maroneia | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 400 BCE | to | 377 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.30 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
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Standard: |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Schönert-Geiss 1987, p. 148, n° 340-53. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMAC, n° 137a | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 10 | Number of coins (n) | 26 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.25 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.6 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.25 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 25 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.88 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 197,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 11.56 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00013 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 92.31% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,263.16 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 257 kg <br /> 257 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 13,157.89 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
