AC 155 - Dium, bronze (Zeus/Demeter) (400-350 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7528

400 BCE - 350 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Zeus right, hair bound with tainia in the form of a wreath, vertical thunderbolt behind.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	[ΔΙ]Α-ΩИ (Greek).Demeter in long chiton seated left on throne with a back, feet on footstool, phiale in outstretched right hand, sceptre held diagonally in left, below throne, small Δ.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Dium

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Macedon

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.

400 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

350 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical ^{480-323 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Bronze

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

2.20

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

StandardStandard.:

Image

AC155 Dion.jpeg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Demetriadi 19981Demetriadi 1998, p. 115-117, pl. 28.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	RQEMAC2RQEMAC, n° 155

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	1	33.33	1	9.09	3
2	1	33.33	2	18.18	2
8	1	33.33	8	72.73	1
Total	3 of 3	99.99	11 of 11	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	3	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	1
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	3	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	11
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	3.67	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	3.67
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	33.33 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	3.58	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	71,600
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)	4.13	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00015
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	90.91%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	6,145.25
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	15,363.13

Remarks

References

^ Vassili Demetriadi (1998), "Dion in Macedonia : a Bronze Coinage of the Classical Period", in R. Ashton and S. Hurter (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in Memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 115-117, pl. 28.
^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.