Aenus, silver, drachms (Hermes/standing goat) (473-407 BCE)
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473 BCE - 407 BCE Silver 571 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos |
| Reverse: | AINI (Greek).Goat standing to right |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aenus | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 473 BCE | to | 407 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 4.00 | Denomination: | drachma
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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. 25, n° 6, p. 34, n° 21 and 459, p. 42, n° 33, p. 159, n° 278 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 1563, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 110a, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.2, n° 1270-1271 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 8.33 | 283 |
| 2 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 33.33 | 4, 171 |
| 3 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 25 | 18 |
| 4 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 33.33 | 10 |
| Total | 5 of 5 | 100 | 12 of 12 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 12 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.4 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 20 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 7.14 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 142,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 8.57 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00008 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 91.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,361.34 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 571 kg <br /> 571 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 8,403.36 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ May John M. F. (1950), Ainos. Its History and Coinage 474-341 B.C., Oxford, xvi, 288 p., 10 pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ 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.
