Mostene, bronze (8g) (Zeus/Apollo Tyrimnus) (200-30 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8352

200 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.
Reverse:	ΜΟΣΤΗΔΩΝ ΛΥΔΩΝ (Greek).Apollo-Tyrimnus riding right. In field, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Mostene

Ancient region:

Lydia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From

200 BCE

to

30 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

8.00

Denomination:

2 units

Standard:

Image

]]S1164 Mostene.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.]]1Hochard 2020, p. 267, Series 1, Group 1, n° 1319
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mostene hochard 2020 1.1

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	2	50	2	28.57
2	1	25	2	28.57
3	1	25	3	42.86
Total	4 of 4	100	7 of 7	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	4	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	2
Number of reverse dies (r)	4	Number of coins (n)	7
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.75	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.75
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	7.55	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	151,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	9.33	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00005
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	71.43%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,854.3
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	4,635.76

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation