Iasus, bronze (4g) (Apollo/standing male character) (150-30 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9562

150 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.
Reverse:	IAΣEΩΝ (Greek).Male charakter left, naked, holding scepter and patera.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Iasus

Ancient region:

Caria

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From

150 BCE

to

30 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

4.00

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]S_492_-_Iasus, _bronze, _NC, _150-30_BC.png [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Ashton 2007, p. 47-78 (catalogue p. 76).
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/iasos ashton 2007 pl.15.245-6 http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=1696

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	1	50	1	33.33	2
2	1	50	2	66.67	1
Total	2 of 2	100	3 of 3	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	1
Number of reverse dies (r)	2	Number of coins (n)	3
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.5	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.5
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	4.81	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	96,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	6	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	66.67%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,247.4
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	3,118.5

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation