H 184 - Lacedaemon (Cleomenes III), bronze (Heracles/club) (223-222 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 8139


223 BCE - 222 BCE Bronze

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΛΑ (Greek).Club flanked by two stars
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Lacedaemon Ancient regionAncient region.: Peloponnesus 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: Cleomenes III of Sparta (Agiad king of Sparta, 235-222 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 223 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 222 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 5.50 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: StandardStandard.:
Image
]]H184 Lakedaemon bronze Herakles club.jpg [1]
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.]]1Grunauer-von Hoerschelmann 1978
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.]]2RQEMH, n° 184



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).
1 8 72.73 8 50 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
2 2 18.18 4 25 1, 10
4 1 9.09 4 25 3
Total 11 of 11 100 16 of 16 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) 11 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ 8
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 11 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 16
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 1.45 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.45
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ 72.73 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ 28.13 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ 562,600
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) 35.2 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ 0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) 50% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ 1,137.58
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 2,843.94
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Grunauer-von Hoerschelmann Susanne (1978), Die Münzprägung der Lakedaimonier, AMUGS 7, Berlin.
  2. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.