Aenus, silver, diobols (facing Hermes/standing goat) (403-399 BCE)
From SILVER
403 BCE - 399 BCE Silver 433 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Hermes, facing three-quarters left, wearing brimless petasus. |
| Reverse: | AINI (Greek).Goat standing right within partially incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aenus | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 403 BCE | to | 399 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: |
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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. 206-211 | ||
| 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° 115, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.2, n° 1282 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 9 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 16 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.78 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.2 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.56 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 44.44 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 16.65 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 333,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 20.57 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 75% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,921.92 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 433 kg <br /> 433 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,804.8 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation The weights of the diobols and tetrobols don't allow to make a clear distinction and they are linked by one obverse (A197)
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.
