Judaea (uncertain mint) (Bar Kokhba), large bronze (inscription/amphora) (132-133 CE)
From SILVER
132 CE - 133 CE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | 'Simon, Prince of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew).'Simon, Prince of Israel' within wreath |
| Reverse: | 'Year one of the redemption of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew).Amphora with two handles |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Judaea (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Judaea | Modern country: Israel | Authority: | Simon bar Kokhba (military leader and king of Judea, 132-135 CE) |
Chronology
| From | 132 CE | to | 133 CE | Period: Roman from 30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 24.00 | Denomination: | 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.]]1Mildenberg 1984, p. 294-301 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 16.67 | 1 | 0.68 | 4 |
| 11 | 1 | 16.67 | 11 | 7.43 | 6 |
| 15 | 1 | 16.67 | 15 | 10.14 | 5 |
| 21 | 1 | 16.67 | 21 | 14.19 | 3 |
| 44 | 1 | 16.67 | 44 | 29.73 | 2 |
| 56 | 1 | 16.67 | 56 | 37.84 | 1 |
| Total | 6 of 6 | 100.02 | 148 of 148 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 6 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 12 | Number of coins (n) | 148 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 24.67 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 12.33 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 16.67 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 5.8 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 116,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 6.25 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00128 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 99.32% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 51,034.48 |
| 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 | 127,586.21 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Certainly military
References
- ^ Mildenberg, Leo (1984), The Coinage of the Bar Kokhba War, Typos VI, Aarau, Verlag Sauerländer, 396 p.
