Dionysopolis (Tanousas), bronze, 3.5g (Dioscuri/horses) (200-180 BCE)
From SILVER
200 BCE - 180 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Heads of Disocuri r. |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛ / ΤΑΝΟΥ, BAK below (Greek).Two foreparts of horses r. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Dionysopolis | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Bulgaria | Authority: | Scythian kings, Tanousas |
Chronology
| From | 200 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. 162, n° 46-52 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Stolyarik - Kleeberg 2023, p. 152, n° 17 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 7 | 1 | 100 | 7 | 100 | 2 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 7 of 7 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 3 | Number of coins (n) | 7 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 7 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.33 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 3 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 1.05 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 21,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.17 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00033 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 13,333.33 |
| 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 | 33,333.33 |
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.
- ^ 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.
