S 787 - Abdera, bronze, obol, 300-250 BC
From SILVER
300 BCE - 250 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | ABΔΗPΙΤΩΝ (Greek).Griffin lying left, ( open wing), (one front paw raised). In the field, magistrate name (and monogram, and/or symbol). |
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 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Denomination: | obol
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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. 242, no. 335-336 and p. 248-262, no. 390-498. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 4 | 1 | 2.7 | 4 | 2.48 | D34 (ΙΣΑ) |
| 10 | 1 | 2.7 | 10 | 6.21 | D7 (ΑΛΕ) |
| 13 | 1 | 2.7 | 13 | 8.07 | D17 (ΑΛΕ and ΙΣΑ) |
| 1 | 9 | 24.32 | 9 | 5.59 | D13 (ΑΛΕ), D14 (ΑΛΕ), D19 (ΙΣΑ), D20 (ΙΣΑ), D24 (ΙΣΑ), D30 (ΙΣΑ), D31 (ΙΣΑ), D32 (ΙΣΑ), D36 (ΙΣΑ) |
| 2 | 8 | 21.62 | 16 | 9.94 | D1 (ΕΠΙ..), D5 (ΑΛΕ), D6 (ΑΛΕ), D11 (ΑΛΕ), D27 (ΙΣΑ), D28 (ΙΣΑ), D29 (ΙΣΑ), D33 (ΙΣΑ) |
| 3 | 4 | 10.81 | 12 | 7.45 | D1 (ΑΛΕ), D3 (ΑΛΕ), D4 (ΑΛΕ), D15 (ΑΛΕ) |
| 5 | 2 | 5.41 | 10 | 6.21 | D26 (ΙΣΑ), D35 (ΙΣΑ) |
| 6 | 3 | 8.11 | 18 | 11.18 | D2 (ΑΛΕ), D18 (ΙΣΑ), D21 (ΙΣΑ) |
| 7 | 3 | 8.11 | 21 | 13.04 | D9 (ΑΛΕ), D23 (ΙΣΑ), D25 (ΙΣΑ) |
| 8 | 3 | 8.11 | 24 | 14.91 | D8 (ΑΛΕ), D10 (ΑΛΕ), D12 (ΑΛΕ) |
| 9 | 2 | 5.41 | 18 | 11.18 | D8 (ΑΛΕ), D10 (ΑΛΕ), D12 (ΑΛΕ) |
| Total | 37 of 37 | 100 | 155 of 161 | 96.26 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 37 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 98 | Number of coins (n) | 161 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 4.35 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.64 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.65 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 24.32 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 42.27 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 845,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 48.04 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00019 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 94.41% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 7,617.7 |
| 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 | 19,044.24 |
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.
