S 791 - Abdera, bronze, obol (150-50 BCE)
From SILVER
150 BCE - 50 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Poseidon right, wearing tainia. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | ABΔΗPΙΤΩΝ (Greek).Griffin lying left, one paw raised, in front of a caduceus. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Abdera | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 150 BCE | to | 50 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. 319-321, no. 817-835. | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 12 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 8 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 19 | Number of coins (n) | 21 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.75 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.11 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.58 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 66.67 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 22.64 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 452,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 28 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 61.9% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,855.12 |
| 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 | 4,637.81 |
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.
