Philadelphia, bronze (5g) (Hermippos archiereus/panther with a thyrsus) (200-100 BCE)
From SILVER
200 BCE - 100 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ (Greek).Hermippos, archiereus. |
| Reverse: | ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ / ΕΡΜΙΠΠΟΣ (Greek).Panther standing left, head facing, cradling filleted thyrsos |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Philadelphia (Neocaesarea) | Ancient region: | Lydia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 200 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 | 5.50 | 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.]]1Hochard 2020, p. 278, n° 1373 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 9.09 | 15 |
| 10 | 1 | 50 | 10 | 90.91 | 14 |
| Total | 2 of 2 | 100 | 11 of 11 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 2 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 2 | Number of coins (n) | 11 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 5.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 5.5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 2.18 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 43,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 2.44 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00025 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 90.91% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 10,091.74 |
| 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 | 25,229.36 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Hochard, Pierre-Olivier (2020), Lydie, terre d'empire(s): Etude de numismatique et d'histoire (228 a.C.-268 p.C.), 2 vol., Bordeaux, 2020, 1325 p.
