Maroneia, bronze (1.0g) (forepart of horse/bunch of grapes) (283-282 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 7519

283 BCE - 282 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Forepart of prancing horse, right.
Reverse:	ΑΓ(Α) (Greek).Bunch of grapes.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Maroneia

Ancient region:

Thrace

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

283 BCE

to

282 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

1.00

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]Maroneia_SG_378-384.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.]]1Schönert-Geiss 1987, p. 150, n° 378-384.
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMAC, n° 137f
Coin series web reference:	https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/cn.maroneia.1 ed.137

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	3	60	3	42.86	3, 4, 5
2	2	40	4	57.14	1, 2
Total	5 of 5	100	7 of 7	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	5	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	3
Number of reverse dies (r)	7	Number of coins (n)	7
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.4	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.4	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	60 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	13.93	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	278,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	17.5	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	57.14%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,005.03
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	2,512.56

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