Opous (Locrians), bronze, c. 3.2g (Athena/bunch of grapes) (338-100 BCE)
From SILVER
338 BCE - 100 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet |
| Reverse: | Λ-O (retrograde) (Greek).Bunch of grapes with tendrils and vine leaves |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Opous | Ancient region: | Locri Opuntii (Opus) | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 338 BCE | to | 100 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 3.20 | 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.]]1Morineau Humphris - Delbridge 2014, p. 161-162 (Groups 19-27a, 28) | ||
| 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° 2339, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 4, n° 983 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 227 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 295 | Number of coins (n) | 426 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.88 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.44 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.3 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 393.99 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 7,879,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 485.94 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,162.49 |
| 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 | 5,406.23 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Morineau Humphris, Jacqueline - Delbridge, Diana (2014), The Coinage of the Opuntian Lokrians, RNS Spec. Publ. 50, London, RNS, 264 p., 61 pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
