Maroneia, bronze (10g) (male head/standing Asclepius) (100-60 BCE)
From SILVER
100 BCE - 60 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Male head r. |
| Reverse: | MAPΩNITΩN (Greek).Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding serpent-entwined staff, monogram to left |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Maroneia | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 100 BCE | to | 60 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 10.0 | 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.]]1Schönert-Geiss 1987, p. 211-213, n° 1640-1683. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 1639, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 83, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.2, n° 1540 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 34 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 24 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 42 | Number of coins (n) | 45 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.32 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.07 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.24 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 70.59 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 109.82 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 2,196,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 139.09 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 46.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 819.52 |
| 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 | 2,048.81 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1987), Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Griechische Münzwerk. Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike 26, Berlin.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
