S 809 - Abdera, silver, drachma, 336-311 BC

336 BCE - 311 BCE Silver 5,604 kg

Obverse:	(ABΔHPITE(ΩN)) (Greek).Different types : 1) Griffin lying left or right, open wings, (paws raised). (In field, magistrate name.) (Border of dots). (no. 1, 4-19, 37-43, 45-74, 94-109, 179-186), 2) Griffin jumping left, open wing, paws raised (no. 24-28, 112-123, 141-158, 189), 3) Griffin seated left, open wing, one paw raised (no. 177-178).
Reverse:	Head of Apollo left or right, wearing laurel wreath,within square. In the field, (symbol and) magisrate name.

Thrace

336 BCE

311 BCE

Period: Classical ^{480-323 BC}

, Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Silver

2.60

drachma

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. 387-411, no. 1, 4-19, 24-28, 37-43, 45-74, 94-109, 112-123, 141-158, 177-186, 189.
Coin series reference:

Frequency ^ᵖ	Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
9	1	1.25	9	4.23
1	44	55	44	20.66	1 (ΟΜΗ issue 1), 3 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 5 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 6 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 7 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 8 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 11 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 12 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 13 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 14 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 3 (ΠΥΘΟΔ), 1 (ΑΝΑ), 4 (ΑΙΓ), 5 (ΑΙΓ), 6 (ΑΙΓ), 7 (ΑΙΓ), 8 (ΑΙΓ), 4 (ΠΥΘΟΚ), 5 (ΠΥΘΟΚ), 8 (ΠΟΛ), 3 (ΕΥΡ), 5 (ΕΥΡ), 6 (ΕΥΡ), 7 (ΕΥΡ), 8 (ΕΥΡ), 9 (ΕΥΡ), 10 (ΕΥΡ), 2 (ΙΠΠ), 4 (ΙΠΠ), 5 (ΙΠΠ), 6 (ΙΠΠ), 7 (ΙΠΠ), 8 (ΙΠΠ), 9 (ΙΠΠ), 11 (ΙΠΠ), 12 (ΙΠΠ), 1 (ΔΙΟ), 2 (ΔΙΟ), 4 (ΔΙΟ), 5 (ΔΙΟ), 6 (ΔΙΟ), 7 (ΔΙΟ), 9 (ΔΙΟ), 1 (ΠΥΘΗ)
2	11	13.75	22	10.33	10 (issue 2), 2 (ΠΥΘΟΔ), 2 (ΑΝΑ), 2 (ΑΙΓ), 2 (ΕΚΑ), 2 (ΠΟΛ), 5 (ΠΟΛ), 6 (ΠΟΛ), 4 (ΕΥΡ), 10 (ΙΠΠ), 8 (ΔΙΟ)
3	7	8.75	21	9.86	1 (ΠΥΘΟΔ), 3 (ΑΝΑ), 1 (ΠΥΘΟΚ), 2 (ΠΥΘΟΚ), 7 (ΠΟΛ), 9 (ΠΟΛ), 3 (ΙΠΠ)
4	6	7.5	24	11.27	2 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 4 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 9 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 1 (ΑΙΓ), 4 (ΠΟΛ), 2 (ΕΥΡ)
5	5	6.25	25	11.74	1 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 4 (ΑΝΑ), 1 (ΕΚΑ), 1 (ΕΥΡ), 3 (ΔΙΟ)
6	2	2.5	12	5.63	4 (ΕΚΑ, 3 (ΠΟΛ)
10	1	1.25	10	4.69	3 (ΑΙΓ)
12	1	1.25	12	5.63	3 (ΕΚΑ)
13	1	1.25	13	6.1	3 (ΠΥΘΟΚ)
17	1	1.25	17	7.98	1 (ΠΟΛ)
Total	80 of 80	100	209 of 213	98.12

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Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	80	Number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	44
Number of reverse dies (r)	89	Number of coins (n)	213
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.66	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.39
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.11	Percentage of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	55 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ^ᵖ	107.76	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	2,155,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ^ᵖ (O)	128.12	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	0.00010
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	79.34%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ^ᵖ	3,953.23
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ^ᵖ	5,604 kg <br /> 5,604 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ^ᵖ	9,883.07

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.