Iasus, bronze (6g) (Apollo/boy holding dolphin) (250-180 BCE)
From SILVER
250 BCE - 180 BCE Bronze
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | IAΣEΩΝ (Greek).Male charakter holding a dolphin swimming right. (In the field, magistrate name and/or bow and quiver or monogram). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Iasus | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Caria | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. | 250 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 180 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Bronze
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 6.00 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | StandardStandard.: |
Image
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References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Ashton 20071Ashton 2007, p. 47-78 ( catalogue 58-65). | ||
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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 | 67 | 79.76 | 67 | 54.92 | 1.5, 2.1, 3.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 6.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, 12.9, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.D, 16.1, 17.1, 17.3, 17.5, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1, 20.2, 21.A, 22.1, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1, 27.1, 27.2, 28.1, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, 31.1, 31.3, 31.4, 31.5, 32.1, 32.2, 32.3, 32.4, 32.5, 32.6, 32.7, 32.8, 33.1, 33.2, 33.3, 34.1 |
| 2 | 9 | 10.71 | 18 | 14.75 | 1.4, 3.2, 4.1, 6.2, 7.3, 7.4, 12.2, 28.2, 31.2 |
| 3 | 4 | 4.76 | 12 | 9.84 | 8.2, 17.2, 18.1, 23.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1.19 | 4 | 3.28 | 29.1 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.19 | 6 | 4.92 | 1.3 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.19 | 7 | 5.74 | 1.1 |
| 8 | 1 | 1.19 | 8 | 6.56 | 1.2 |
| Total | 84 of 84 | 99.99 | 122 of 122 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 84 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 67 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 109 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 122 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.45 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.12 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.3 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 79.76 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 215.48 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 4,309,600 |
| 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) | 269.68 | 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) | 45.08% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 1,132.36 |
| 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 | 2,830.89 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Ashton, Richard (2007), "The pre-Imperial Coinage of Iasos", Numismatic Chronicle, 167, p. 47-78
