Messana, bronze, litrai (head of Pelorias/Nike driving biga) (287-279 BCE)
From SILVER
287 BCE - 279 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Wreathed head of Pelorias l., wearing single-pendant earring and necklace, two dolphins before |
| Reverse: | MEΣΣΑΝΙΩΝ (Greek).Nike driving a galloping biga r. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Messana | Ancient region: | Sicily | Modern country: Italy | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 287 BCE | to | 279 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 7.00 | Denomination: | litra
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Standard: |
Image
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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.]]1Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, n° 878-894 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Calciati 1983, n° 20, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 28, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 2, n° 835 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 11 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 7 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 16 | Number of coins (n) | 21 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.91 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.31 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.45 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 63.64 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 18.74 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 374,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 23.1 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00006 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 66.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,241.2 |
| 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 | 5,602.99 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Caccamo Caltabiano, Maria (1993), La monetazione di Messana. Con le emissioni di Rhegion dell’eta della tirannide, AMUGS XIII, Berlin-New York, xviii, 383 p., 94 pl.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1983), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 1, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.
