H 187 - Lacedaemon, bronze, NC, 48-40 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8348

48 BCE - 40 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:
Reverse:	ΛΑ (Greek).

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Lacedaemon

Ancient region:

Peloponnesus (Laconia)

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

48 BCE

to

40 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

1.50

Denomination:

Standard:

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1S. Grunauer-von Hoerschelmann, Die Münzprägung der Lakedaimonier, AMUGS 7, Berlin, 1978.
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMH, n° 187

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	9	60	9	29.03
2	4	26.67	8	25.81
3	1	6.67	3	9.68
11	1	6.67	11	35.48
Total	15 of 15	100.01	31 of 31	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	15	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	9
Number of reverse dies (r)	18	Number of coins (n)	31
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.07	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.72
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.2	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	60 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	23.72	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	474,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	29.06	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00007
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	70.97%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,613.83
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	6,534.57

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