S 789 - Abdera, bronze, dichalkon, 250-150 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9538

250 BCE - 150 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	(ABΔΗPΙΤΩΝ) (Greek).Head of Hermes left or right, wearing petasus. Border of dots.
Reverse:	Griffin seating left, open wing, one paw raised. In the field, magistrate name and monogram.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Abdera

Ancient region:

Thrace

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

250 BCE

to

150 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Denomination:

dichalkon

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. 287-294, no. 630-701.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
5	1	1.67	5	4.31	D3 (issues 1-2)
8	1	1.67	8	6.9	D3 (issue 5)
1	46	76.67	46	39.66	D2 (issue 1), D4 (issue 2), D5 (issue 2), D1 (issue 3), D2 (issue 3), D5 (issue 3), D6 (issue 3), D7 (issue 3), D10 (issue 3), D11 (issue 3), D12 (issue 3), D1 (issue 4), D2 (issue 4), D2 (issue 5), D4 (issue 5), D5 (issue 5), D6 (issue 5), D8 (issue 5), D9 (issue 5), D11 (issue 5), D12 (issue 5), D13 (issue 5), D14 (issue 5), D15 (issue 5), D16 (issue 5), D17 (issue 5), D18 (issue 5), D19 (issue 5), D20 (issue 5), D21 (issue 5), D2 (issue 6), D5 (issue 6), D6 (issue 6), D7 (issue 6), D8 (issue 6), D9 (issue 6), D10 (issue 6), D11 (issue 6), D12 (issue 6), D13 (issue 6), D14 (issue 6), D15 (issue 6), D16 (issue 6), D17 (issue 6), D18 (issue 6), D19 (issue 6)
2	8	13.33	16	13.79	D3 (issue 3), D4 (issue 3), D8 (issue 3), D9 (issue 3), D3 (issue 4), D1 (issue 5), D10 (issue 5), D4 (issue 6)
3	4	6.67	12	10.34	D1 (issue 1), D7 (issue 5), D1 (issue 6), D3 (issue 6)
Total	60 of 60	100.01	87 of 116	75

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	60	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	46
Number of reverse dies (r)	69	Number of coins (n)	116
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.93	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.68
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.15	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	76.67 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	100.86	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	2,017,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	124.29	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	60.34%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,300.22
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	5,750.55

Remarks