S 813 - Abdera, silver, tetrobol, 311-280 BC
From SILVER
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 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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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
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StandardStandard.: |
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | "[[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 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). |
| 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 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.), Paris, de Boccard, 431 p., 64 plates.
