Maroneia, bronze (16g) (Dionysus/standing Dionysus) (100-60 BCE)
From SILVER
100 BCE - 60 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath |
| Reverse: | ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗPΟΣ MAPΩNITΩN (Greek).Dionysos, nude but for chlamys draped over his left arm, standing left, holding grape bunch in right hand, two narthex stalks in his left, flanking his feet |
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 | 16.00 | 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, n° 1354-1510. | ||
| 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° 1638, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 81, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.2, n° 1557 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 17 | 28.81 | 17 | 8.46 | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 17, 23, 27, 28, 32, 40, 42, 44, 46, 57 |
| 2 | 15 | 25.42 | 30 | 14.93 | 10, 11, 18, 20, 24, 39, 41, 43, 45, 48, 50, 52, 53, 56, 59 |
| 3 | 7 | 11.86 | 21 | 10.45 | 8, 12, 16, 19, 31, 36, 54 |
| 4 | 9 | 15.25 | 36 | 17.91 | 1, 14, 21, 22, 26, 29, 30, 47, 58 |
| 5 | 2 | 3.39 | 10 | 4.98 | 38, 49 |
| 6 | 2 | 3.39 | 12 | 5.97 | 33, 51 |
| 8 | 2 | 3.39 | 16 | 7.96 | 13, 25 |
| 11 | 2 | 3.39 | 22 | 10.95 | 15, 35 |
| 12 | 2 | 3.39 | 24 | 11.94 | 34, 55 |
| 13 | 1 | 1.69 | 13 | 6.47 | 37 |
| Total | 59 of 59 | 99.98 | 201 of 201 | 100.02 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 59 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 17 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 136 | Number of coins (n) | 201 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.41 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.48 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.31 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 28.81 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 71.82 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,436,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 83.51 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00014 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 91.54% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,597.33 |
| 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 | 13,993.32 |
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.
