S 813 - Abdera, silver, tetrobol, 311-280 BC

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8900

311 BCE - 280 BCE Silver 1,121 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Griffin lying left, below club. At the exergue, magistrate name.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ABΔHPITEΩN (Greek).Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.

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.

311 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

280 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Silver

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

1.60

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

tetrobol

StandardStandard.:

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Chryssanthaki-Nagle 20071Chryssanthaki-Nagle 2007, p. 411-413, no. 190-215.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Obverse dies distribution

FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ^ᵖ	Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	% (n)	Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1	18	78.26	18	36	D1 (ΑΝΤ), D2 (ΑΝΤ), D3 (ΑΝΤ), D2 (ΜΗΝ), D4 (ΜΗΝ), D5 (ΜΗΝ), D2 (ΛΥΚ), D unnamed (ΣΙ), D1 (mon., ear of cereal), D2 (mon., D1 (2 mon.), D1 (ΣΑ, 2 mon.), D1 (mon.1), D2 (mon.1), D2 (mon.2), D1 (ΗΡΑ), D1 (NI), D2 (NI)
2	1	4.35	2	4	D3 (ΜΗΝ)
3	1	4.35	3	6	D1 (ΛΥΚ)
5	1	4.35	5	10	D2 (ΗΡΑ)
6	1	4.35	6	12	D1 (mon.2)
7	1	4.35	7	14	D1 (ΜΗΝ)
Total	23 of 23	100.01	41 of 50	82

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	23	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	18
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	24	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	50
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2.17	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	2.08
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.04	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	78.26 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	35.03	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	700,600
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)	42.59	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)	64%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	2,854.7
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	1,121 kg <br /> 1,121 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	7,136.74

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.