Aenus, silver, tetradrachms (Hermes/standing goat) (474-407 BCE)
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474 BCE - 407 BCE Silver 20,760 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos with pelleted rim. |
| Reverse: | AINI (Greek).Goat standing right, AINI above, to right, ivy leaf within crescent facing right, all within incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aenus | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 474 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 | 16.30 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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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. 21-162 | ||
| 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° 110, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.2, n° 1265-1269 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 17 | 31.48 | 17 | 8.25 | 2, 3, 16, 17, 28, 34, 73, 120, 143, 152, 159, 162, 163, 164, 169, 170, 173 |
| 2 | 5 | 9.26 | 10 | 4.85 | 150, 151, 155, 161, 166 |
| 3 | 10 | 18.52 | 30 | 14.56 | 5, 23, 31, 33, 55, 142, 149, 153, 154, 157 |
| 4 | 6 | 11.11 | 24 | 11.65 | 7, 8, 27, 32, 167, 168 |
| 5 | 7 | 12.96 | 35 | 16.99 | 6, 9, 22, 29, 56, 158, 165 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.85 | 7 | 3.4 | 30 |
| 8 | 2 | 3.7 | 16 | 7.77 | 15, 57 |
| 9 | 2 | 3.7 | 18 | 8.74 | 1, 4 |
| 11 | 1 | 1.85 | 11 | 5.34 | 46 |
| 12 | 1 | 1.85 | 12 | 5.83 | 160 |
| 13 | 2 | 3.7 | 26 | 12.62 | 44, 156 |
| Total | 54 of 54 | 99.98 | 206 of 206 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 54 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 17 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 206 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.81 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 31.48 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 63.68 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,273,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 73.18 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00016 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 91.75% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,469.85 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 20,760 kg <br /> 20,760 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 16,174.62 |
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.
- ^ 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.
