Apollonis, bronze (3.6g) (Heracles/winged thunderbolt) (200-30 BCE)
From SILVER
200 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. |
| Reverse: | ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΕΩΝ (Greek).Winged thunderbolt. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Apollonis | Ancient region: | Lydia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 200 BCE | to | 30 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 3.65 | Denomination: | 2 units
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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.]]1Hochard 2020, p. 39, Series 2, Group 1, n° 3 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 6.67 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 26.67 | 9 |
| 7 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 46.67 | 6 |
| Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 15 of 15 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 15 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.75 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.14 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.75 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 25 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 4.74 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 94,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 5.45 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00016 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 93.33% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,329.11 |
| 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 | 15,822.78 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Hochard, Pierre-Olivier (2020), Lydie, terre d'empire(s): Etude de numismatique et d'histoire (228 a.C.-268 p.C.), 2 vol., Bordeaux, 2020, 1325 p.
