Apollonis, bronze (5.3g) (Macedonian shield/club) (200-30 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8298

200 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Macedonian shield ornemented with star.
Reverse:	ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΕΩΝ (Greek).Club.

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

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

5.30

Denomination:

3 units

Standard:

Image

]]S1160 Apollonis shield club.jpg [1]

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 2, n° 4
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/apollonis hochard 2020 2.2

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
13	1	100	13	100	10
Total	1 of 1	100	13 of 13	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	1	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ
Number of reverse dies (r)	4	Number of coins (n)	13
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	13	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	3.25
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	4	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	1	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	20,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	1.08	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00065
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	26,000
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	65,000

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation