Rhodes, silver, didrachms (Helios/rose) (304-265 BCE) Ashton 1988
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304 BCE - 265 BCE Silver 1,420 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Radiate head of Helios right |
| Reverse: | POΔION (Greek).Rose with bud to right, cornucopia and EY to left |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Rhodes | Ancient region: | Caria (islands) | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Rhodian power |
Chronology
| From | 304 BCE | to | 265 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 6.50 | Denomination: | didrachm
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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 1988, n° 1-19, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Ashton 2001, p. 104, n° 165-167 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 265, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 6, n° 1436 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 9 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 11 | Number of coins (n) | 31 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.44 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.82 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.22 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 11.11 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 10.92 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 218,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 12.68 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00014 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 96.77% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,677.66 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,420 kg <br /> 1,420 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 14,194.14 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Ashton, Richard (1988), "Rhodian Coinage and the Colossus", Revue Numismatique, 6 (30), p. 75-90, pl. 15-8
- ^ Ashton, Richard (2001), "The coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC", in Andrew Meadows and Kirsty Shipton (eds.), Money and its uses in the ancient world, Oxford, Oxford University Press, p. 79-115.
- ^ 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.
