Byzantium, bronze (8.1g) (Dionysus/standing Poseidon) (200-100 BCE)
From SILVER
200 BCE - 100 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath. |
| Reverse: | ΒΥΣΑΝΤΙΩΝ + ΕΠΙ and personal name (Greek).Nude Poseidon standing facing, head left, with chlamys over left shoulder, Nike in outstretched right hand and trident in left arm. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Byzantium | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 200 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 | 8.10 | 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. 139-140, n° 1103-1130 | ||
| 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° 69, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.2, n° 1415 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 20 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 15 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 28 | Number of coins (n) | 28 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.4 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 75 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 55.71 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,114,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 70 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 46.43% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,005.21 |
| 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 | 2,513.01 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
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.
