Tenedos, silver, tetradrachms (100-70 BCE)
From SILVER
100 BCE - 70 BCE Silver 7,956 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Janiform head, male and bearded left, female and wearing a crown right. |
| Reverse: | TENEΔIΩN (Greek).Double axe. In the left field, bunch of grapes and monogram. In the right field, symbol (bunch of grapes, Dionysos, Artemis, palm, lyra, eagle, Athena, etc). All within a wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Tenedos | Ancient region: | Troas | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 100 BCE | to | 70 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.35 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Callataÿ 1998 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 4157, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 6, n° 390 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 8 | 38.1 | 8 | 9.3 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12, 15, 16 |
| 2 | 2 | 9.52 | 4 | 4.65 | 6, 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 9.52 | 6 | 6.98 | 7, 17 |
| 4 | 3 | 14.29 | 12 | 13.95 | 3, 14, 19 |
| 6 | 1 | 4.76 | 6 | 6.98 | 21 |
| 7 | 1 | 4.76 | 7 | 8.14 | 18 |
| 8 | 2 | 9.52 | 16 | 18.6 | 9, 11 |
| 11 | 1 | 4.76 | 11 | 12.79 | 20 |
| 16 | 1 | 4.76 | 16 | 18.6 | 13 |
| Total | 21 of 21 | 99.99 | 86 of 86 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 21 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 8 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 75 | Number of coins (n) | 86 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 4.1 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.15 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 3.57 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 38.1 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 24.33 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 486,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 27.78 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00018 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 90.7% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 7,069.46 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 7,956 kg <br /> 7,956 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 17,673.65 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1998), "Les monnaies hellénistiques en argent de Ténédos", in Georges Le Rider and Roger Bland (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 99-114, pl. 24-28.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
