Dionysopolis (Charaspes), bronze, 10g (Dioscuri/eagle) (190-188 BCE)
From SILVER
190 BCE - 188 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Jugate heads of the Dioskouroi to right, wearing laureate piloi |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΧΑΡΑΣΠΟΥ (Greek).Eagle with closed wings standing right on thunderbolt, below, monogram of ME |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Dionysopolis | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Bulgaria | Authority: | Charaspes, Scythian kings |
Chronology
| From | 190 BCE | to | 188 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 10.00 | 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.]]1Draganov 2015, p. 220-228, n° 484-548 | ||
| 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° 2022, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Stolyarik - Kleeberg 2023, p. 153, n° 18 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 6 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 9.23 | 4 |
| 14 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 21.54 | 3 |
| 20 | 1 | 25 | 20 | 30.77 | 2 |
| 25 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 38.46 | 1 |
| Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 65 of 65 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 26 | Number of coins (n) | 65 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 16.25 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 6.5 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 3.93 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 78,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 4.26 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00083 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 33,078.88 |
| 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 | 82,697.2 |
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.
