H 145 - Thessaly (uncertain mint) (Rhodian power), silver, drachms (185-165 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 7891


185 BCE - 165 BCE Silver 2,018 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Facing head of Helios turned slightly to right
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΓOPΓOΣ above (Greek).Rose with bud to right, grape bunch to lower left
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Thessaly (uncertain mint) Ancient regionAncient region.: Thessaly 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: Rhodian power
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 185 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 165 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 2.70 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Rhodian
Image
H145 Thessaly Rhodian.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Ashton 1988b1Ashton 1988b, p. 21-32, pl. 4-6
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: RQEMH2RQEMH, n° 145, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 1453



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 9 30 9 9.47 2, 3, 4, 15, 18, 24, 28, 29, 30
2 9 30 18 18.95 1, 5, 6, 14, 17, 20, 21, 26, 27
3 2 6.67 6 6.32 11, 16
4 4 13.33 16 16.84 12, 13, 19, 25
5 1 3.33 5 5.26 7
6 1 3.33 6 6.32 22
8 2 6.67 16 16.84 9, 23
9 1 3.33 9 9.47 8
10 1 3.33 10 10.53 10
Total 30 of 30 99.99 95 of 95 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 30 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  9
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 43 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 95
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 3.17 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 2.21
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.43 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  30 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  37.37 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  747,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 43.85 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00013
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 90.53% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  5,084.29
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  2,018 kg <br /> 2,018 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  12,710.73
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

  1. ^  Ashton, Richard (1988), "A Series of Pseudo-Rhodian Drachms from Mainland Greece", The Numismatic Chronicle, 148, p. 21-32, pl. 4-6.
  2. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 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.