Thasos, silver, tetradrachms (Dionysus/standing Heracles) (168-50 BCE)
From SILVER
168 BCE - 50 BCE Silver 132,737 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.. | 50 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
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StandardStandard.: | Attic |
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
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 380 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 94 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 1448 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 2991 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 7.87 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 2.07 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 3.81 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 24.74 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 395.05 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 7,901,000 |
| 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) | 435.3 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00038 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 96.86% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 15,142.39 |
| 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 | 132,737 kg <br /> 132,737 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 37,855.97 |
Remarks
Most likely two workstations Certainly military
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.
