Thasos, silver, tetradrachms (Dionysus/standing Heracles) (168-50 BCE)
From SILVER
168 BCE - 50 BCE Silver 132,737 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath |
| 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
| Mint: | Thasos | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| From | 168 BCE | to | 50 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
|
Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
|
Median weight in grams | 16.80 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
|
Standard: | Attic |
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Prokopov 2006, p. 59-109, n° 6-558. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 1759, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 6, n° 358 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 380 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 94 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 1448 | Number of coins (n) | 2991 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 7.87 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.07 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 3.81 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 24.74 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 395.05 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 7,901,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 435.3 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00038 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 96.86% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 15,142.39 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 132,737 kg <br /> 132,737 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 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, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
