Dionysopolis (Aelis), bronze, 3.5g (Helios /stars) (188-180 BCE)
From SILVER
188 BCE - 180 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Radiate head of Helios facing |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕ above, ΑΙΛΙΟΣ below (Greek).Two stars and monogram |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Dionysopolis | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Bulgaria | Authority: | Aelis, Scythian kings |
Chronology
| From | 188 BCE | to | 180 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 3.50 | 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.]]1Draganov 2015, p. 248, n° 688-709, p. 256, n° 751-752 | ||
| 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, n° 2030, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Stolyarik - Kleeberg 2023, p. 156, n° 22 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 16.67 | 1 | 4.17 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | 16.67 | 2 | 8.33 | 22 |
| 4 | 2 | 33.33 | 8 | 33.33 | 13, 14 |
| 5 | 1 | 16.67 | 5 | 20.83 | 15 |
| 8 | 1 | 16.67 | 8 | 33.33 | 16 |
| Total | 6 of 6 | 100.01 | 24 of 24 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 6 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 9 | Number of coins (n) | 24 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.67 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.5 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 16.67 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 6.99 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 139,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 8 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00017 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 95.83% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,866.95 |
| 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 | 17,167.38 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Draganov, Dimitar (2015), The coinage of the Scythian kings in the West Pontic area, Sofia, Bobokov Bros. Foundation, 309 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.
- ^ Stolyarik, Elena S. - Kleeberg, John M. (2023), Scythians and Greeks on the Western Black Sea. The Coinage of the Kings of Scythia Minor in Dobruja, 218/212–110 BCE, Numismatic Studies 47, Turnhout, Brepols Publishers, VIII + 225 p.
