Agyrium (Campanian mercenaries), bronze, hemilitrai (Heracles/man-faced bull) (354-344 BCE)
From SILVER
354 BCE - 344 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | AΓYPINAION (Greek).Head of Herakles r |
| Reverse: | ΠAΛAKAΓIOΣ (Greek).Forepart of man-faced bull r. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Agyrium | Ancient region: | Sicily | Modern country: Italy | Authority: | Campanian mercenaries |
Chronology
| From | 354 BCE | to | 344 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 29.50 | Denomination: | hemilitron | 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.]]1Castrizio 2000, p. 99 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 33.33 | 1 | 5.88 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 66.67 | 16 | 94.12 | 1, 2 |
| Total | 3 of 3 | 100 | 17 of 17 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 3 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 3 | Number of coins (n) | 17 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 5.67 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 5.67 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 33.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 3.26 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 65,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 3.64 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00026 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 94.12% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 10,429.45 |
| 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 | 26,073.62 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Castrizio, Daniele (2000), La monetazione mercenariale in Sicilia. Strategie economiche e territoriali tra Dionisio I e Timoleonte, Catanzaro, Soveria Mannelli, 126 p. and 18 pl.
