S 790 - Abdera, bronze, chalkous, 250-150 BC
From SILVER
250 BCE - 150 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | ABΔΗPΙΤΩΝ (n° 811-816) (Greek).Different types : 1) Head of Hermes right, wearing petasus (n° 702-707), 2) Male head right, wearing winged diadem. Border of dots (n° 708-810), 3) Griffin lying left, one paw raised, open wing, in front of a star (n° 811-816). |
| Reverse: | ABΔΗ(PΙΤΩΝ) (Greek).Different types : 1) Griffin seating left or right, open wing, one paw raised (n° 702-707), 2) Griffin lying left, open wing, one paw raised, in front of a star (n° 708-810), 3) Male head right, wearing winged diadem (n° 811-816). |
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: | chalkous |
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. 294-305, no. 702-816. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 71 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 47 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 110 | Number of coins (n) | 151 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.13 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.37 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.55 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 66.2 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 109.86 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 2,197,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 134.01 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 68.87% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,748.95 |
| 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 | 6,872.38 |
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.