S 809 - Abdera, silver, drachma, 336-311 BC

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 9298


336 BCE - 311 BCE Silver 5,604 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: (ABΔHPITE(ΩN)) (Greek).Different types : 1) Griffin lying left or right, open wings, (paws raised). (In field, magistrate name.) (Border of dots). (no. 1, 4-19, 37-43, 45-74, 94-109, 179-186), 2) Griffin jumping left, open wing, paws raised (no. 24-28, 112-123, 141-158, 189), 3) Griffin seated left, open wing, one paw raised (no. 177-178).
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of Apollo left or right, wearing laurel wreath,within square. In the field, (symbol and) magisrate name.
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. 336 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 311 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical and Hellenistic
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 2.60 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma Nomisma.org StandardStandard.:
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Chryssanthaki-Nagle 20071Chryssanthaki-Nagle 2007, p. 387-411, no. 1, 4-19, 24-28, 37-43, 45-74, 94-109, 112-123, 141-158, 177-186, 189.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:



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 44 55 44 20.66 1 (ΟΜΗ issue 1), 3 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 5 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 6 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 7 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 8 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 11 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 12 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 13 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 14 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 3 (ΠΥΘΟΔ), 1 (ΑΝΑ), 4 (ΑΙΓ), 5 (ΑΙΓ), 6 (ΑΙΓ), 7 (ΑΙΓ), 8 (ΑΙΓ), 4 (ΠΥΘΟΚ), 5 (ΠΥΘΟΚ), 8 (ΠΟΛ), 3 (ΕΥΡ), 5 (ΕΥΡ), 6 (ΕΥΡ), 7 (ΕΥΡ), 8 (ΕΥΡ), 9 (ΕΥΡ), 10 (ΕΥΡ), 2 (ΙΠΠ), 4 (ΙΠΠ), 5 (ΙΠΠ), 6 (ΙΠΠ), 7 (ΙΠΠ), 8 (ΙΠΠ), 9 (ΙΠΠ), 11 (ΙΠΠ), 12 (ΙΠΠ), 1 (ΔΙΟ), 2 (ΔΙΟ), 4 (ΔΙΟ), 5 (ΔΙΟ), 6 (ΔΙΟ), 7 (ΔΙΟ), 9 (ΔΙΟ), 1 (ΠΥΘΗ)
2 11 13.75 22 10.33 10 (issue 2), 2 (ΠΥΘΟΔ), 2 (ΑΝΑ), 2 (ΑΙΓ), 2 (ΕΚΑ), 2 (ΠΟΛ), 5 (ΠΟΛ), 6 (ΠΟΛ), 4 (ΕΥΡ), 10 (ΙΠΠ), 8 (ΔΙΟ)
3 7 8.75 21 9.86 1 (ΠΥΘΟΔ), 3 (ΑΝΑ), 1 (ΠΥΘΟΚ), 2 (ΠΥΘΟΚ), 7 (ΠΟΛ), 9 (ΠΟΛ), 3 (ΙΠΠ)
4 6 7.5 24 11.27 2 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 4 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 9 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 1 (ΑΙΓ), 4 (ΠΟΛ), 2 (ΕΥΡ)
5 5 6.25 25 11.74 1 (ΟΜΗ issue 2), 4 (ΑΝΑ), 1 (ΕΚΑ), 1 (ΕΥΡ), 3 (ΔΙΟ)
6 2 2.5 12 5.63 4 (ΕΚΑ, 3 (ΠΟΛ)
9 1 1.25 9 4.23
10 1 1.25 10 4.69 3 (ΑΙΓ)
12 1 1.25 12 5.63 3 (ΕΚΑ)
13 1 1.25 13 6.1 3 (ΠΥΘΟΚ)
17 1 1.25 17 7.98 1 (ΠΟΛ)
Total 80 of 80 100 209 of 213 98.12
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 80 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  44
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 89 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 213
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 2.66 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 2.39
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.11 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  55 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  107.76 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  2,155,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 128.12 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00010
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 79.34% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  3,953.23
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  5,604 kg <br /> 5,604 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  9,883.07
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.