Aenus, silver, diobols (Hermes/standing goat) (466-405 BCE)
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466 BCE - 405 BCE Silver 4,567 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos |
| Reverse: | AINI (Greek).Goat walking to right, AINI above. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aenus | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 466 BCE | to | 405 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.30 | Denomination: | diobol
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Standard: |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1May 1950, p. 31-172 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMAC, n° 112, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.2, n° 1273-1277 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 58 | 46.4 | 58 | 18.83 | 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 50, 52, 53, 64, 65, 67, 70, 71, 72, 77, 83, 87, 91, 94, 96, 103, 104, 110, 112, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 124, 127, 129, 132, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 147, 148, 172, 175, 177, 191, 192, 195 |
| 2 | 28 | 22.4 | 56 | 18.18 | 35, 37, 43, 49, 51, 54, 58, 59, 62, 66, 78, 79, 84, 85, 86, 92, 93, 97, 98, 100, 108, 114, 116, 122, 126, 133, 134, 135 |
| 3 | 20 | 16 | 60 | 19.48 | 25, 47, 60, 63, 69, 81, 88, 90, 95, 101, 102, 107, 109, 111, 118, 125, 146, 176, 185 |
| 4 | 2 | 1.6 | 8 | 2.6 | 68, 188 |
| 5 | 4 | 3.2 | 20 | 6.49 | 61, 106, 131, 184 |
| 6 | 7 | 5.6 | 42 | 13.64 | 80, 82, 89, 128, 145, 183, 189 |
| 7 | 1 | 0.8 | 7 | 2.27 | 105 |
| 8 | 1 | 0.8 | 8 | 2.6 | 182 |
| 9 | 2 | 1.6 | 18 | 5.84 | 76, 130 |
| 14 | 1 | 0.8 | 14 | 4.55 | 186 |
| 17 | 1 | 0.8 | 17 | 5.52 | 187 |
| Total | 125 of 125 | 100 | 308 of 308 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 125 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 58 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 308 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.46 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 46.4 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 175.65 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 3,513,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 210.38 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00009 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 81.17% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,506.97 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 4,567 kg <br /> 4,567 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 8,767.44 |
Remarks
References
- ^ May John M. F. (1950), Ainos. Its History and Coinage 474-341 B.C., Oxford, xvi, 288 p., 10 pl.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ 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.
