ΣAMIΣOΗΣ (Pontus), bronze (4.00g) (Dionysus/thyrsus) (89-85 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 30334

89 BCE - 85 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Dionysus wearing an ivy wreath
Reverse:	ΣΑΜΙΣΟΗΣ (Greek).Thyrsus (sceptre surmounted by a pine cone and decorated with ribbons)

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Samisoes

Ancient region:

Pontus

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom

Chronology

From

89 BCE

to

85 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

4.00

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]Samisoes_Dionysus_thyrsus.jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Orlyk - Callataÿ 2024
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.26

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	1	50	1	33.33	1
2	1	50	2	66.67	1
Total	2 of 2	100	3 of 3	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	1
Number of reverse dies (r)	3	Number of coins (n)	3
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.5	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.5	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	4.81	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	96,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	6	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	66.67%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,247.4
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	n.a.	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	3,118.5

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation