S 785 - Abdera, bronze, triobol, 311-280 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8894

311 BCE - 280 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Poseidon right, weraing strophion.
Reverse:	ABΔΗPΙΤΕΩΝ (Greek).Griffin lying or jumping right, open wing, one front paw raised.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Abdera

Ancient region:

Thrace

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

311 BCE

to

280 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Denomination:

triobol

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. 224-226, no. 274-289.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	12	80	12	31.58	D1, D2, D5, D6, D7, D8, D9, D10, D11, D12, D13, D14
2	3	20	6	15.79	D3, D4, D15
Total	15 of 15	100	18 of 38	47.37

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	15	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	12
Number of reverse dies (r)	16	Number of coins (n)	38
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.53	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.38
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.07	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	80 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	20.75	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	415,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	24.78	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00009
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	68.42%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	3,662.65
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	9,156.63

Remarks