Iasus, bronze (8g) (Apollo & Artemis/boy holding a dolphin) (200-140 BCE)
From SILVER
200 BCE - 140 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Heads of Apollo and Artemis right. |
| Reverse: | IAΣEΩΝ (Greek).Male charakter holding a dolphin swimming right. (In the field, magistrate name and/or a star or 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 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 8.00 | Denomination: | hemiobol
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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. 47-78 (catalogue p. 69-71). | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 10 | 55.56 | 10 | 22.22 | 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 1.7, 2.A, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 |
| 2 | 3 | 16.67 | 6 | 13.33 | 1.5, 7.1, 7.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 5.56 | 3 | 6.67 | 3.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 11.11 | 8 | 17.78 | 4.2, 6.1 |
| 6 | 1 | 5.56 | 6 | 13.33 | 4.1 |
| 10 | 1 | 5.56 | 10 | 22.22 | 1.2 |
| Total | 18 of 18 | 100.02 | 43 of 45 | 95.55 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 18 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 10 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 34 | Number of coins (n) | 45 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.32 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.89 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 55.56 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 25.08 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 501,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 30 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00009 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 77.78% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,588.52 |
| 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 | 8,971.29 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Ashton, Richard (2007), "The pre-Imperial Coinage of Iasos", Numismatic Chronicle, 167, p. 47-78
