AC 137 - Maroneia, silver, triobols (398/7-386/5 BCE)
From SILVER
398 BCE - 386 BCE Silver 5,320 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Horse protomes on the left. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MA (Greek).Grapes on branch, rhyton to left, MA to right all within a dotted square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Maroneia | 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. | 398 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 386 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 2.75 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | triobol
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StandardStandard.: |
Image
AC137 Maroneia.jpeg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Schönert-Geiss 19871Schönert-Geiss 1987, n° 179-332 | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1534, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 137 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ | Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | % (n) | Die nameName(s) of the die(s). |
| 1 | 28 | 35.44 | 28 | 10.61 | 2, 4, 5, 9, 14, 17, 18, 20, 24, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 42, 44, 45, 48, 53, 57, 58, 66, 70, 71, 78, 79 |
| 2 | 7 | 8.86 | 14 | 5.3 | 8, 25, 30, 51, 61, 67, 77 |
| 3 | 15 | 18.99 | 45 | 17.05 | 3, 10, 11, 13, 23, 29, 36, 37, 39, 40, 43, 52, 59, 63, 74 |
| 4 | 9 | 11.39 | 36 | 13.64 | 7, 16, 22, 46, 55, 62, 69, 75, 76 |
| 5 | 7 | 8.86 | 35 | 13.26 | 6, 12, 41, 49, 54, 64, 65 |
| 6 | 5 | 6.33 | 30 | 11.36 | 1, 21, 28, 50, 73 |
| 7 | 2 | 2.53 | 14 | 5.3 | 47, 60 |
| 8 | 1 | 1.27 | 8 | 3.03 | 56 |
| 9 | 1 | 1.27 | 9 | 3.41 | 68 |
| 10 | 2 | 2.53 | 20 | 7.58 | 19, 72 |
| 12 | 1 | 1.27 | 12 | 4.55 | 15 |
| 13 | 1 | 1.27 | 13 | 4.92 | 26 |
| Total | 79 of 79 | 100.01 | 264 of 264 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 79 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 28 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 102 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 264 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 3.34 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 2.59 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.29 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 35.44 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 96.73 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 1,934,600 |
| 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) | 112.74 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00014 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 89.39% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 5,458.49 |
| 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 | 5,320 kg <br /> 5,320 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 13,646.23 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1987), Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Griechische Münzwerk. Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike 26, Berlin.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
