S 782 - Abdera, bronze, chalkoi (346-336 BCE)
From SILVER
346 BCE - 336 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Different types : 1) Griffin lying right, open wing, one front paw raised (n° 94-110), 2) Griffin jumping left, open wing, front paws raised (n° 111-112), 3) Griffin seated left, open wing, one front paw raised (n° 113). |
| Reverse: | ABΔΗPΙΤΕΩΝ (n° 94-110) (Greek).Different types : 1) Male head (Apollo?) right, wearing headband or laurel wreatr (n° 94-110), 2) Square divided in 4 sections, each of them containing a dot. In the field, a magistrate name: APXEΛΑΟΣ (n° 111), APXEΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ (n° 112) or EΠΙ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΩ (n° 113). |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Abdera | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 346 BCE | to | 336 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 1.50 | Denomination: | chalkous
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Standard: |
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Chryssanthaki-Nagle 2007, p. 188-190, no. 94-113. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 15 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 14 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 18 | Number of coins (n) | 27 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.8 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.2 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 93.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 27.32 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 546,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 33.75 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 48.15% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,976.57 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,941.43 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Chryssanthaki-Nagle, Katerina (2007), L’histoire monétaire d’Abdère en Thrace (VIe s. av. J.-C. – IIe s. ap. J.-C.), Paris, de Boccard, 431 p., 64 plates.
