Thasos, silver, tetradrachms (390-335 BCE) Meadows

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 13500


390 BCE - 335 BCE Silver 19,911 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing wreath of ivy with berries
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΘAΣION to left (Greek).Herakles, wearing lion skin, kneeling right, drawing bow, rose to right, all within linear square in incuse square
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Thasos 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. 390 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 335 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 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 15.10 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Thraco-Macedonian
Image
S1965 Thasos tetradrachm.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Ashton et al. 20021Ashton et al. 2002, p. 161-164
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear I2Sear I, n° 1751, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 342



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 21 53.85 21 28 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
2 10 25.64 20 26.67 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 12, 17, 24, 30, 32
3 4 10.26 12 16 19, 21, 28, 33
4 1 2.56 4 5.33 15
5 1 2.56 5 6.67 13
6 1 2.56 6 8 14
7 1 2.56 7 9.33 9
Total 39 of 39 99.99 75 of 75 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 39 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  21
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 54 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 75
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 1.92 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.39
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.38 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  53.85 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  65.93 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  1,318,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 81.25 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 72% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  2,275.14
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  19,911 kg <br /> 19,911 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  5,687.85
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

  1. ^  Ashton, Richard - Hardwick, Nicholas - Kinns, Philip - Konuk, Koray - Meadows, Andrew (2002), "The Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9.421)", Coin Hoards, IX, RNS Spec. Publ. 35, London, p. 159-243.
  2. ^  Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 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.