AC 141 - Maroneia, bronze (horse/grapes) (397-347 BCE)
From SILVER
397 BCE - 347 BCE Bronze
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Horse galloping to the right, monogram in the lower field. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MAPΩNITΩN (Greek).Four bunches of grapes on a vine in a linear square, monogram in the lower field. |
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. | 397 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 347 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.: | Bronze
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 3.90 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | StandardStandard.: |
Image
AC141 Maroneia.jpeg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Schönert-Geiss 19871Schönert-Geiss 1987, n° 598-943. | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | RQEMAC2RQEMAC, n° 141 | ||
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 | 255 | 86.15 | 255 | 71.43 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 168, 169, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 178, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296 |
| 2 | 28 | 9.46 | 56 | 15.69 | 12, 19, 25, 26, 33, 41, 45, 50, 56, 58, 64, 78, 89, 99, 131, 135, 142, 152, 153, 161, 166, 186, 196, 197, 202, 205, 248, 267 |
| 3 | 9 | 3.04 | 27 | 7.56 | 16, 20, 23, 36, 49, 132, 145, 228, 276 |
| 4 | 1 | 0.34 | 4 | 1.12 | 171 |
| 5 | 3 | 1.01 | 15 | 4.2 | 24, 177, 179 |
| Total | 296 of 296 | 100 | 357 of 357 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 296 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 255 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 300 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 357 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.21 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.19 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.01 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 86.15 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 1336.17 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 26,723,400 |
| 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) | 1732.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00001 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 28.57% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 534.36 |
| 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 | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 1,335.91 |
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