Rhodes, silver, drachms (360-340 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 14301

360 BCE - 340 BCE Silver 1,654 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Helios facing slightly right
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΡΟΔΙΟΝ (Greek).Rose with bud to left and right, I to right, all within incuse square

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Rhodes

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Caria (islands)

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.

360 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

340 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical ^{480-323 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Silver

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

3.60

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

drachm

StandardStandard.:

Chian

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Image

S2084 Rhodes drachms Ashton 90-92.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Ashton 20011Ashton 2001, p. 102, n° 90-92
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear II2Sear II, n° 5041-5042, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 1424
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhodes ashton 2001 90-2

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Obverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

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Reverse dies distribution

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Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	17	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)		Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	45
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2.65	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	22.97	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	459,400
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)	27.32	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00010
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	3,918.15
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	1,654 kg <br /> 1,654 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	9,795.39

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Remarks

References

^ Ashton, Richard (2001), "The coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC", in Andrew Meadows and Kirsty Shipton (eds.), Money and its uses in the ancient world, Oxford, Oxford University Press, p. 79-115.
^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
^ 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.