Agrigentum (Sissena), bronze, 8g (Augustus/SISENNA in a laurel wreath) (22-21 BCE)
From SILVER
22 BCE - 21 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | AVGVSTVS (Latin).AVGVSTVS, bare head right |
| Reverse: | [[Reverse legend::SISENNA PR COS within; STATIVS FLACCVS P COTTA BA IIV[IR] around]] (Latin).Laurel wreath |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Agrigentum | Ancient region: | Sicily | Modern country: Italy | Authority: | Roman Empire |
Chronology
| From | 22 BCE | to | 21 BCE | Period: Roman from 30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 8.0 | Denomination: | 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.]]1Villemur 2024, p. 14-15 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RPC I, n° 668 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 13 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 6 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 13 | Number of coins (n) | 65 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 46.15 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 14.44 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 288,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 16.25 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00023 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 90.77% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 9,002.77 |
| 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 | 22,506.93 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Long attributed to Tyndaris
References
- ^ Villemur, Patrick (2024), "Les émissions augustéennes frappées à Agrigente au nom des proconsuls de Sicile L. Mussidius et Sisenna," Bulletin du Cercle d'Etudes Numismatiques, 61 (2), p. 6-16.
- ^ Amandry, Michel - Burnett, Andrew - Ripolles, Pere Pau (1998), Roman provincial coinage. I. From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AC 69), London-Paris, 2 vol., xvii + 812 p., 195 pl.
