S 813 - Abdera, silver, tetrobol, 311-280 BC
From SILVER
311 BCE - 280 BCE Silver 1,121 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Griffin lying left, below club. At the exergue, magistrate name. |
| Reverse: | ABΔHPITEΩN (Greek).Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Abdera | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 311 BCE | to | 280 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.60 | Denomination: | tetrobol
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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. 411-413, no. 190-215. | ||
| Coin series reference: | |||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Total | 23 of 23 | 100.01 | 41 of 50 | 82 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 23 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 18 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 24 | Number of coins (n) | 50 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.17 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.08 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.04 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 78.26 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 35.03 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 700,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 42.59 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 64% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,854.7 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,121 kg <br /> 1,121 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 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.), Paris, de Boccard, 431 p., 64 plates.
