Damascus (Cleopatra VII), bronze, ca 9g (Cleopatra/seated Tyche) (37-32 BCE)
From SILVER
37 BCE - 32 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra VII to right |
| Reverse: | ΔAMAΣKHNΩN - L ΠΣ (Greek).The Tyche of Damaskos seated to left on rock, her right arm outstretched and holding cornucopiae in her left, at feet, river-god Chrysoroas swimming right, all within laurel wreath |
Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| From | 37 BCE | to | 32 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 9.00 | 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.]]1Olivier - Aumaître 2017, p. 118-119 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RPC I, n° 4783 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 2 | 33.33 | 2 | 4.44 | 3, 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 16.67 | 7 | 15.56 | 5 |
| 10 | 1 | 16.67 | 10 | 22.22 | 2 |
| 12 | 1 | 16.67 | 12 | 26.67 | 4 |
| 14 | 1 | 16.67 | 14 | 31.11 | 1 |
| Total | 6 of 6 | 100.01 | 45 of 45 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 6 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 24 | Number of coins (n) | 45 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 7.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.88 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 4 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 33.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 6.27 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 125,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 6.92 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00036 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 95.56% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 14,354.07 |
| 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 | 35,885.17 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Olivier, Julien - Aumaître, Héloïse (2017), "Antoine, Cléopâtre et le Levant. Le témoignage des monnaies", in L. Bricault et alii (éd.), Rome et les provinces. Monnayage et histoire. Mélanges offerts à Michel Amandry, Bordeaux, p. 105-122
- ^ Amandry, Michel - Burnett, Andrew - Ripolles, Pere Pau (1998), Roman provincial coinage. I. From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AC 69), London-Paris, 2 vol., xvii + 812 p., 195 pl.
