Mesembria, bronze 6.50g (Dionysus/bunch of grapes) (100-50 BCE)
From SILVER
100 BCE - 50 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Dionysos right, waring ivy wreath. |
| Reverse: | ΜΕΣΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ (Greek).Bunch of grape. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Mesembria | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Bulgaria | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 100 BCE | to | 50 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 6.50 | Denomination: | Standard: |
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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. 390-395 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.2, n° 1574 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 16 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 31 | Number of coins (n) | 53 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.31 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.71 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.94 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 25 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 19.64 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 392,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 22.92 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00013 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 92.45% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,397.15 |
| 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 | 13,492.87 |
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