Thasos (Roman Republic), silver, tetradrachms (148-80 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 9299


148 BCE - 80 BCE Silver 74,579 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head of Dionysos r., wearing ivy wreath
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΗΕΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ (Greek).Heracles, nude, standing facing, head turned l., lion's skin over l. arm, holding club with his r. hand, in inner l. field, Η
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. 148 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 80 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 16.70 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic
Image
S819 Thasos tetradrachms.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Prokopov 20061Prokopov 2006, p. 111-209, n° 559-1861.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear I2Sear I, n° 1759, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 358-359



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1 57 25.91 57 VAA3, VAA9, VAA10, VAA13, VAA18, VAB2, VAB4, VAC8, VCB2, VAE9, VAE6, VAE10, VAD3, VAG3, VAF2, VAF3, VAH5, VAH6, VAH7, VAH8, VGH8, VAH10, VAH11, VBBa1, VBBd1, VBBd2, VBBd4, VBBd5, VCH4, VCH5, VCD7, VCD8, VCD9, VCB9, VCB11, VCB12, VCF1, VCG21, VCG5, VCG6, VCH6, VCH9, VDD3, VCH10, VCK1, VDD5, VDD6, VGG4, VDA2, VDD12, VDD14, VDA11, VDA15, VDA20, VDC2, VFF2, VGS1
2 32 14.55 64 VAA8, VAA11, VAA14, VAA17, VAB1, VAB5, VAB6, VAB8, VAE5, VAG2, VAH2, VAH3, VAH4, VAH9, VAH12, VBB6, VBB8, VBBc1, VBBd3, VCB6, VCD5, VCD6, VEE2, VCH3, VDD7, VFF7, VDD18, VDA4, VDA9, VDA22, VDB2, VHB1
3 16 7.27 48 VAA2, VAA7, VAA15, VAG4, VBB4, VBBb1, VCBa2, VCH7, VFF8, VDD23, VDA17, VDA7, VDA8, VDA16, VDA23, VHH3
4 15 6.82 60 VAA4, VAA12, VAB9, VCA1, VCB2, VCH1, VCD2, VDA24, VCBa1, VGA1, VDD19, VDD17, VHH4, VDD15, VDA10
5 11 5 55 VAE12, VAE13, VAF7, VAH13, VCD4, VCE1, VCD10, VCH2, VDD10, VFF4, VDA19
6 12 5.45 72 VAA5, VAB3, VAB7, VAD2, VAE8, VAE11, VAG5, VBB5, VCB10, VFF5, VDA18, VDA5
7 5 2.27 35 VAC5, VCB5, VCB7, VCH8, VHA1
8 5 2.27 40 VBB3, VCB3, VCB14, VCD3, VDA21
9 8 3.64 72 VBB3, VCB3, VCB14, VCD3, VDA21
10 6 2.73 60 VAA6, VAC6, VAE4, VDA3, VDE2, VDD8
12 6 2.73 72 VAA1, VAH1, VAF6, VCD1, VDB1, VDA12
13 2 0.91 26 VAF5, VCG1
14 2 0.91 28 VHH1, VGG1
15 2 0.91 30 VAD1, VDD2
16 4 1.82 64 VAE3, VCB1, VGB4, VGA4
17 1 0.45 17 VBB7
19 1 0.45 19 VDD16
21 2 0.91 42 VAG1, VDD13
22 1 0.45 22 VHH2
23 2 0.91 46 VAC2, VEE1
24 3 1.36 72 VCB8, VCG4, VGG2
26 4 1.82 104 VAC7, VAE7, VCG2, VDC1
27 2 0.91 54 VDA6, VDA13
29 1 0.45 29 VDA14
34 1 0.45 34 VGA2
35 1 0.45 35 VCB4
36 1 0.45 36 VBB1
37 1 0.45 37 VFF1
38 2 0.91 76 VGB3, VGB2
39 1 0.45 39 VAC1
41 1 0.45 41 VGB1
44 1 0.45 44 VGG3
49 3 1.36 147 VDD4, VDD11, VEE3
50 1 0.45 50 VBB2
51 1 0.45 51 VBB2
52 1 0.45 52 VBB2
63 1 0.45 63 VBB2
69 1 0.45 69 VBB2
70 1 0.45 70 VBB2
83 1 0.45 83 VBB2
Total 219 of 220 99.47 2115 of 2,215
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 220 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  57
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 993 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 2215
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 10.07 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 2.23
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 4.51 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  25.91 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  223.29 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  4,465,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 244.26 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00050
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 97.43% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  19,839.67
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  74,579 kg <br /> 74,579 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  49,599.18
Remarks
Likely military

References

  1. ^  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
  2. ^  Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
  3. ^  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.