Eurymenae, bronze, ca 8g (Dionysus/grape vine) (352-344 BCE)
From SILVER
352 BCE - 344 BCE Bronze
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Dionysos right, wearing vine wreath |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | EYPYMENAIΩΝ (Greek).Vine tree with leaves and six bunches of grapes, conical–shaped vessel with two handles to left, to right, Λ above dolphin downward to left. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Eurymenae | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Thessaly | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 352 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 344 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Bronze |
Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 8.00 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | trichalkon |
StandardStandard.: |
Image

References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Blomley 2024 | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2BCD Thessaly II, n° 68.2, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 4, n° 84 | ||
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Obverse dies distribution
| FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ | Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | % (n) | Die nameName(s) of the die(s). |
| 13 | 1 | 100 | 13 | 100 | 1 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 13 of 13 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 0 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 7 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 13 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 13 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.86 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 7 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 1 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 20,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ᵖ (O) | 1.08 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00065 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 100% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 26,000 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 65,000 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Blomley, Anna Magdalena (2024), The Bronze Coins of Eastern Mount Ossa in the Thessalian Perioikic Region of Magnesia (Homolion, Eureai, Eurymenai, and Meliboia), Numismatic Notes and Monographs 173, New York, xxviii + 232 p.
- ^ Classical Numismatic Group (2012), The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Thessaly. Triton XV : 3 janvier 2012, New York, 415 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.