Kamos, bronze (6g) (Zeus/wreath) (55-54 BCE)
From SILVER
55 BCE - 54 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Laureate head of Zeus right |
| Reverse: | ΚΑΜ-ΗΝOΝ (Greek).ΚΑΜ-ΗΝOΝ-monogram-ΗΝΣ in four lines within oak-wreath |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Kamos | Ancient region: | Phrygia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 55 BCE | to | 54 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 6.00 | 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.]]1Meadows 2021b | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 7, 277 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 7 | 1 | 100 | 7 | 100 | 2 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 7 of 7 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 7 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 7 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.4 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 5 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 1.05 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 21,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.17 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00033 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 100% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 13,333.33 |
| 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 | 33,333.33 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Meadows, Andrew (2021), "The Land that Time Forgot: The Coinage of the Kamoenoi," Numismatic Chronicle, 181, p. 93-102.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), Handbook of Greek Coinages. 7. Coins of northern and Central Anatolia - Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian bosporos), Lancaster, lxxxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
