S 789 - Abdera, bronze, dichalkon, 250-150 BC
From SILVER
250 - 150 Bronze
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | (ABΔΗPΙΤΩΝ) (Greek).Head of Hermes left or right, wearing petasus. Border of dots. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Griffin seating left, open wing, one paw raised. In the field, magistrate name and monogram. |
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. | 250 | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 150 | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Bronze
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | dichalkon
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StandardStandard.: | |
| Mode weightMode of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).: | 2-2,49<ul><li>No units of measurement were declared for this property.</li> <!--br--><li>"-2,49" 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. 287-294, no. 630-701. | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | |||
Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 60 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 46 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 69 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 116 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.93 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.68 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.15 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 76.67 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 100.86 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 2,017,200 |
| 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) | 124.29 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00006 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 60.34% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 2,300.22 |
| 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 | 5,750.55 |
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.
