Philadelphia, bronze (5g) (Macedonian shield/thunderbolt) (200-100 BCE)
From SILVER
200 BCE - 100 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Macedonian shield. |
| Reverse: | ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦEΩΝ (except group 2) (Greek).Thunderbolt within laurel wreath. In field, monogram or magistrate name |
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 | 5.00 | 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.]]1Hochard 2020, p. 277-278, series 1, group 1, n° 1370-1372. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 7 | 1 | 33.33 | 7 | 16.67 | 3 |
| 9 | 1 | 33.33 | 9 | 21.43 | 1 |
| 26 | 1 | 33.33 | 26 | 61.9 | 2 |
| Total | 3 of 3 | 99.99 | 42 of 42 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 3 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 13 | Number of coins (n) | 42 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 14 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.23 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 4.33 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 2.97 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 59,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 3.23 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00071 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 100% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 28,282.83 |
| 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 | 70,707.07 |
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.
