Judaea (uncertain mint) (Bar Kokhba), medium bronze (palm branch/lyre) (132-133 CE)
From SILVER
132 CE - 133 CE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | 'Simon, Prince of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew).Palm branch within wreath |
| Reverse: | 'Year one of the redemption of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew).Wide lyre with five strings |
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 | 11.00 | Denomination: | Standard: |
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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. 301-327 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 20 | 1 | 7.69 | 20 | 2.49 | B9 |
| 30 | 1 | 7.69 | 30 | 3.74 | B2 |
| 34 | 2 | 15.38 | 68 | 8.48 | B1, B11 |
| 40 | 1 | 7.69 | 40 | 4.99 | A2 |
| 48 | 1 | 7.69 | 48 | 5.99 | B7 |
| 53 | 1 | 7.69 | 53 | 6.61 | B5 |
| 59 | 1 | 7.69 | 59 | 7.36 | B4 |
| 77 | 1 | 7.69 | 77 | 9.6 | B8 |
| 78 | 1 | 7.69 | 78 | 9.73 | B3 |
| 84 | 1 | 7.69 | 84 | 10.47 | B6 |
| 94 | 1 | 7.69 | 94 | 11.72 | A1 |
| 151 | 1 | 7.69 | 151 | 18.83 | B10 |
| Total | 13 of 13 | 99.97 | 802 of 802 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 13 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 122 | Number of coins (n) | 802 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 61.69 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 6.57 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 9.38 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 12.32 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 246,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 13.21 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00325 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 100% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 130,194.81 |
| 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 | 325,487.01 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Certainly military There are 12 types: A) "palm branch in laurel wreath/lyre"; B) "vine-leaf/palm tree"
References
- ^ Mildenberg, Leo (1984), The Coinage of the Bar Kokhba War, Typos VI, Aarau, Verlag Sauerländer, 396 p.
