Bisanthe, bronze (1.7g) (Dionysus/bunch of grapes) (300-200 BCE)
From SILVER
300 BCE - 200 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Dionysus, right. |
| Reverse: | ΒΙ(ΣΑΝ) (Greek).Bunch of grapes on vine branch. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Bisanthe | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 300 BCE | to | 200 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 1.70 | 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.]]1Schönert-Geiss 1975, p. 11, n° 52-57 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.2, 1365 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 7 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 6 | Number of coins (n) | 7 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.17 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.86 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 100 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 411.76 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 8,235,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00000 | |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 0% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 34 |
| 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 | 85 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1975), Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria, Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike 13, Berlin, 62 p., 8 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
