Iasus, bronze (4g) (Artemis/Apollo) (200-140 BCE)
From SILVER
200 BCE - 140 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Different types : 1) Apollo Delphinios left or right, naked, holding bow and quiver or bow above tripod. In field, dolphin, 2) Artemis huntress right, holding bow and quiver, within laurel wreath. |
| Reverse: | IA ou IAΣEΩΝ (Greek).Different types : 1) Artemis huntress right, holding bow and quiver within laurel wreath, 2) Apollo Delphinios left, naked, holding bow and quiver or bow above tripod. In field, dolphin (and a magistrate name and a monogram). |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Iasus | Ancient region: | Caria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 200 BCE | to | 140 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze |
Median weight in grams | 4.00 | Denomination: | dichalkon |
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.]]1Ashton 2007, p. 72-73, n° 215-226 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 12 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 13 | Number of coins (n) | 20 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.67 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.54 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.08 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 75 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 24.2 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 484,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 30 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 55% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,652.89 |
| 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 | 4,132.23 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Ashton, Richard (2007), "The pre-Imperial Coinage of Iasos", Numismatic Chronicle, 167, p. 47-78