S 786 - Abdera, bronze, hemiobol, 300-250 BC
From SILVER
300 BCE - 250 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | ABΔΗPΙΤΩΝ (Greek).Griffin jumping left, open wing, front paws raised. (In the field, monogram.) (Border of dots.) |
| Reverse: | Male head right or head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wrath. In the field, a magistrate name (and a monogram). (Border of dots.) |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Abdera | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 300 BCE | to | 250 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze |
Denomination: | hemiobol |
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. 237-242, no. 290-334, p. 242-248, no. 337-389 and p. 263-275, no. 499-626. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 179 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 116 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 184 | Number of coins (n) | 326 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.82 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.77 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.03 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 64.8 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 321.51 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 6,430,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 396.97 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 64.42% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,027.93 |
| 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 | 5,069.83 |
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.