S 782 - Abdera, bronze, chalkoi (346-336 BCE)
From SILVER
346 BCE - 336 BCE Bronze
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the 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). |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the 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
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Abdera | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Thrace | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 346 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 336 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Bronze
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 1.50 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | chalkous
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StandardStandard.: | |
| Mode weightMode of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).: | 1-1,99<ul><li>No units of measurement were declared for this property.</li> <!--br--><li>"-1,99" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.</li></ul> |
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Chryssanthaki-Nagle 20071Chryssanthaki-Nagle 2007, p. 188-190, no. 94-113. | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | |||
Obverse dies distribution
| FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ | Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | % (n) | Die nameName(s) of the die(s). |
| 1 | 14 | 93.33 | 14 | 51.85 | 2 (ΑΒΔ), 3 (ΑΒΔ), 5 (ΑΒΔ), 6 (ΑΒΔ), 7 (ΑΒΔ), 8 (ΑΒΔ), 9 (ΑΒΔ), 10 (ΑΒΔ), 11 (ΑΒΔ), 12 (ΑΒΔ), D13 (ΑΒΔ), D14 (ΑΒΔ), D15 (ΑΒΔ), D unnamed (ΠΑΥ) |
| 4 | 1 | 6.67 | 4 | 14.81 | 1 (ΑΒΔ) |
| Total | 15 of 15 | 100 | 18 of 27 | 66.66 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 15 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 14 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 18 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 27 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.8 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.2 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 93.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 27.32 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 546,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ᵖ (O) | 33.75 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 48.15% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 1,976.57 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 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.), 431 p., 64 plates.
