S 790 - Abdera, bronze, chalkous, 250-150 BC
From SILVER
250 - 150 Bronze
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the 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). |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the 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
| 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.: | chalkous
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StandardStandard.: |
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Chryssanthaki-Nagle 20071Chryssanthaki-Nagle 2007, p. 294-305, no. 702-816. | ||
| 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) | 71 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 47 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 110 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 151 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 2.13 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.37 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.55 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 66.2 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 109.86 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 2,197,200 |
| 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) | 134.01 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 68.87% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 2,748.95 |
| 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 | 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.), 431 p., 64 plates.
