Mesembria, bronze (Melsas/pelta) (325-300 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 5007

325 BCE - 300 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Melsas right, wearing crested Attic helmet.
Reverse:	ΜΕΤΑ (Greek).Legend in pelta (shield). Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Mesembria

Ancient region:

Thrace

Modern country: Bulgaria

Authority:

Chronology

From

325 BCE

to

300 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

1.86

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]S 1189 - Mesembria, bronze (325-300 BCE).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.]]1Karayotov 2009, p. 146-151.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	20	45.45	20	22.99	8, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42
2	15	34.09	30	34.48	1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29, 33, 35, 38, 43
3	3	6.82	9	10.34	14, 31, 32
4	5	11.36	20	22.99	5, 13, 16, 20, 44
8	1	2.27	8	9.2	4
Total	44 of 44	99.99	87 of 87	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	44	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	20
Number of reverse dies (r)	62	Number of coins (n)	87
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.98	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.4
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.41	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	45.45 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	72.29	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	1,445,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	89.02	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	77.01%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,406.97
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	6,017.43

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