Byzantium, bronze (5.10g) (Poseidon/trident) (150-100 BCE)
From SILVER
150 BCE - 100 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Poseidon, right, wearing taenia. |
| Reverse: | Monogramm of the city + ΕΠΙ and personal name (Greek).Upright trident, right and left dolphins swimming upwards. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Byzantium | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 150 BCE | to | 100 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 5.10 | 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 1970, p. 137-139, n° 1044-1102 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMH, n° 68, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.2, n° 1417 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 12 | 50 | 12 | 17.14 | 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23 |
| 2 | 2 | 8.33 | 4 | 5.71 | 20, 22 |
| 3 | 3 | 12.5 | 9 | 12.86 | 8, 11, 24 |
| 4 | 2 | 8.33 | 8 | 11.43 | 13, 17 |
| 5 | 1 | 4.17 | 5 | 7.14 | 19 |
| 6 | 1 | 4.17 | 6 | 8.57 | 12 |
| 7 | 1 | 4.17 | 7 | 10 | 16 |
| 9 | 1 | 4.17 | 9 | 12.86 | 4 |
| 10 | 1 | 4.17 | 10 | 14.29 | 1 |
| Total | 24 of 24 | 100.01 | 70 of 70 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 24 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 12 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 57 | Number of coins (n) | 70 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.92 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.23 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.38 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 30.94 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 618,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 36.52 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00011 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 82.86% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 4,524.89 |
| 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 | 11,312.22 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1970), Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Teil 1: Autonome Zeit, Berlin.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ 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.
