S 790 - Abdera, bronze, chalkous, 250-150 BC

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 8922


250 - 150 Bronze

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ABΔΗPΙΤΩΝ (n° 811-816) (Greek).Different types : 1) Head of Hermes right, wearing petasus (n° 702-707), 2) Male head right, wearing winged diadem. Border of dots (n° 708-810), 3) Griffin lying left, one paw raised, open wing, in front of a star (n° 811-816).
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ABΔΗ(PΙΤΩΝ) (Greek).Different types : 1) Griffin seating left or right, open wing, one paw raised (n° 702-707), 2) Griffin lying left, open wing, one paw raised, in front of a star (n° 708-810), 3) Male head right, wearing winged diadem (n° 811-816).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Abdera 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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 250 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 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.: Bronze Nomisma.org DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: chalkous Nomisma.org StandardStandard.:
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Chryssanthaki-Nagle 20071Chryssanthaki-Nagle 2007, p. 294-305, no. 702-816.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:



Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 71 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  47
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 110 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 151
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 2.13 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.37
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.55 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  66.2 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  109.86 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  2,197,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 134.01 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00007
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 68.87% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  2,748.95
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  n.a. Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  6,872.38
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Chryssanthaki-Nagle, Katerina (2007), L’histoire monétaire d’Abdère en Thrace (VIe s. av. J.-C. – IIe s. ap. J.-C.), 431 p., 64 plates.