Magnesia ad Sipylum, bronze (8g) (Cybele/standing Zeus) (200-100 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 31843

200 BCE - 100 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Cybele wearing a turreted crown
Reverse:	ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΣΙΠΥΛΟΥ; ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΣΙΠ (Greek).Zeus Lydios holding a sceptre and a bird

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Magnesia ad Sipylum

Ancient region:

Lydia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From

200 BCE

to

100 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

8.0

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]Magnesia_ad_Sipylum_Cybele.jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Hochard 2020, p. 213, Series 1, Groups 4-5, n° 1040-41
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/magnesia ad sipylum hochard 2020 1.1040-1

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	2	40	2	20	8, 9
2	1	20	2	20	7
3	2	40	6	60	5, 6
Total	5 of 5	100	10 of 10	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	5	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	2
Number of reverse dies (r)	7	Number of coins (n)	10
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.43
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.4	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	40 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	8.12	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	162,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	10	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	80%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,463.05
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	6,157.64

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation