S 818 - Thasos, silver, tetradrachms (168-60 BCE)
From SILVER
168 BCE - 60 BCE Silver 61,676 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ (Greek).Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club in right hand, lion skin draped over left arm |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Thasos | 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: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 168 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 60 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 | 16.80 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | Tetradrachm | StandardStandard.: | Attic |
Image
RQEM ad. 818 - Thasos, silver, tetradrachm, 168-148 BC.jpg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Prokopov 20061Prokopov 2006, p. 59-109, n° 6-558. | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear I2Sear I, n° 1759, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 358 | ||
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 | 37 | 22.02 | 37 | 4.02 | VA1, VC1, VG5, VIa7, VIa8, VIa25, VIb8, VId4, VIc12, VIe1, VIf1, VIg4, VIg2, VIg20, VIg6, VIg9, VIg10, VIg15, VIg16, VIg21, VIg23, VIg24, VIg26, VJa4, VJa9, VJa11, VJa14, VJa15, VJa17, VJa18, VJa21, VJa24, VKa14, VKa36, VKb2, VKb6, VKb13 |
| 2 | 24 | 14.29 | 48 | 5.21 | VG4, VIa5, VIb2, VIb3, VIc9, VIc11, VIg1, VIg7, VIg8, VIg11, VIg22, VIg14, VIg27, VJa7, VJa10, VJa12, VKa12, VKa15, VKb7, VKa23, VKb10, VKb3, VKb11, VLa2 |
| 3 | 25 | 14.88 | 75 | 8.14 | VA4, VE3, VIa3, VIa4, VIc6, VIc8, VIc10, VIf5, VIg3, VIg25, VJa16, VIg17, VIg18, VIg28, VJa3, VJa8, VKa2, VKa8, VKa19, VKa25, VKa31, VKa32, VKa35, VKb14, VLa1 |
| 4 | 12 | 7.14 | 48 | 5.21 | VB2, VD1, VEa3, VE4, VG2, VIa6, VIc2, VId1, VJa1, VKa22, VKa16, VKa13 |
| 5 | 9 | 5.36 | 45 | 4.89 | VIb4, VIc7, VJa2, VJa6, VJa13, VJa22, VKa4, VKa10, VKb8 |
| 6 | 15 | 8.93 | 90 | 9.77 | VEa1, VIa2, VIc4, VIc5, VIf2, VIf4, VIg12, VJa5, VJa19, VKa7, VKa9, VKa20, VKa18, VKa28, VKa29 |
| 7 | 13 | 7.74 | 91 | 9.88 | VIa1, VIc3, VIe2, VIf3, VId2, VIg19, VKa5, VKa6, VKa11, VKa34, VKa33, VKb1, VKb12 |
| 8 | 5 | 2.98 | 40 | 4.34 | VA2, VKa3, VKa27, VKa30, VKb5 |
| 9 | 6 | 3.57 | 54 | 5.86 | VA2, VKa3, VKa27, VKa30, VKb5 |
| 10 | 3 | 1.79 | 30 | 3.26 | VKa17, VKa26, VKb4 |
| 11 | 4 | 2.38 | 44 | 4.78 | VG1, VHa3, VId3, VKa24 |
| 12 | 3 | 1.79 | 36 | 3.91 | VE5, VG3, VKa1 |
| 14 | 2 | 1.19 | 28 | 3.04 | VB1, VIc1 |
| 15 | 1 | 0.6 | 15 | 1.63 | VE7 |
| 16 | 1 | 0.6 | 16 | 1.74 | VHa1 |
| 17 | 3 | 1.79 | 51 | 5.54 | VA3, VF3, VF2 |
| 21 | 1 | 0.6 | 21 | 2.28 | VE1 |
| 26 | 1 | 0.6 | 26 | 2.82 | VE6 |
| 28 | 1 | 0.6 | 28 | 3.04 | VHa2 |
| 36 | 1 | 0.6 | 36 | 3.91 | VE2 |
| 62 | 1 | 0.6 | 62 | 6.73 | |
| Total | 168 of 168 | 100.05 | 921 of 921 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 168 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 37 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 455 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 921 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 5.48 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 2.02 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 2.71 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 22.02 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 183.56 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 3,671,200 |
| 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) | 205.48 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00025 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 95.98% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 10,034.87 |
| 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 | 61,676 kg <br /> 61,676 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 25,087.16 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Prokopov, Ilya (2006), Die Silberprägung der Insel Thasos und die Tetradrachmen des "thasischen Typs" vom 2.-1. Jahrhundert v. Chr., Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin, 342 p., 118 p. of plates
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
