Amisus (Mithridates Eupator), bronze (7.50g) (Amazon/Nike) (105-90 BCE)
From SILVER
105 BCE - 90 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Draped bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf skin |
| Reverse: | AMI - ΣOY (Greek).Nike advancing right, holding palm frond and wreath, star and crescent to upper left |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Amisus | Ancient region: | Pontus | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom |
Chronology
| From | 105 BCE | to | 90 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 7.5 | 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.]]1Callataÿ - DeMarco 2024 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 10 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 51 | Number of coins (n) | 79 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 7.9 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.55 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 5.1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 20 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 10.39 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 207,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 11.45 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00038 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 97.47% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 15,206.93 |
| 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 | 38,017.32 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Callataÿ, François de and DeMarco, Ralph (2024), “A die study of the bronze Mithridatic coins “Amazon/Nike” struck at Amisos”, Kairos. Anatolian Numismatic Studies, 2, p. 1-22.
