Aegeae, bronze, 7.5g (Tyche/horse head) (130-75 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9246

130 BCE - 75 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Veiled and turreted bust to right of Tyche city goddess, border of dots.
Reverse:	ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ou ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ (Greek).[[Reverse description::Bridled horse's head to left, monogram HAP to right, above **AIGEAIWN/ THS IERAS/KAI /[A]UTONOMOU.]]

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Aegeae

Ancient region:

Cilicia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From

130 BCE

to

75 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

6.00

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]H262 Aegeae bronze.jpeg [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.]]1Bloesch 1982, p. 53-96, pl. 17-22.
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 5513-5515, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 262
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegeae cilicia bloesch 1982 period 4b.103-7

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	26	52	26	22.41	21, 32, 37, 46, 50, 56, 113, 114, 118, 122, 133, 134, 150, 154, 155, 166, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 260, 261, 262, 263
2	7	14	14	12.07	26, 57, 131, 151, 162, 164, 167
3	5	10	15	12.93	47, 58, 115, 119, 159
4	8	16	32	27.59	28, 33, 51, 123, 127, 135, 153, 169
5	2	4	10	8.62	20, 107
8	1	2	8	6.9	38
11	1	2	11	9.48	139
Total	50 of 50	100	116 of 116	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	50	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	26
Number of reverse dies (r)	99	Number of coins (n)	116
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.32	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.17
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.98	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	52 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	72.88	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	1,457,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	87.88	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00008
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	77.59%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	3,183.32
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	7,958.29

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation