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

148 BCE - 80 BCE Silver 74,579 kg

Description

Obverse:	Diademed head of Dionysos r., wearing ivy wreath
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

Mint:

Thasos

Ancient region:

Thrace

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Roman Republic

Chronology

From

148 BCE

to

80 BCE

Period: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

16.70

Denomination:

tetradrachm

Standard:

Attic

Image

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. 111-209, n° 559-1861.
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° 358-359

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ^ᵖ	Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
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
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
9	8	3.64	72		VBB3, VCB3, VCB14, VCD3, VDA21
Total	219 of 220	99.47	2115 of 2,215

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	220	Number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	57
Number of reverse dies (r)	993	Number of coins (n)	2215
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	10.07	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.23
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	4.51	Percentage of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	25.91 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ^ᵖ	223.29	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	4,465,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ^ᵖ (O)	244.26	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	0.00050
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	97.43%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ^ᵖ	19,839.67
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ^ᵖ	74,579 kg <br /> 74,579 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ^ᵖ	49,599.18

Remarks

Likely 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.