Rhodes, silver, drachms (facing Helios/rose) (340-316 BCE)
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340 BCE - 316 BCE Silver 364 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Helios facing, turned slightly to right |
| Reverse: | POΔION (Greek).Rose with bud to right, in left field, grape cluster and Δ, all within incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Rhodes | Ancient region: | Caria (islands) | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Rhodian power |
Chronology
| From | 340 BCE | to | 316 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC  , Hellenistic 323-30 BC
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 3.30 | 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.]]1Ashton 2001, p. 102, n° 100-101 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 5041-5042, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 6, n° 1442 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 26 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 5.2 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 5.51 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 110,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 6.19 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00024 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 9,437.39 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 364 kg <br /> 364 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 23,593.47 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ 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.
