Populonia, gold, 50 asses (head of lion/blank) (300-250 BCE)
From SILVER
300 BCE - 250 BCE Gold 534 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of lion right, with open jaws and protruding tongue, mark of value below |
| Reverse: | Blank |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Populonia | Ancient region: | Etruria | Modern country: Italy | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 300 BCE | to | 250 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Gold
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Median weight in grams | 2.75 | Denomination: | 50 asses | 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.]]1Vecchi 2012, p. 100-101, Giannoni 2016, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Giannoni 2018, p. 3 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HN Italy, n° 127, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 1, n° 72 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 24 | 1 | 100 | 24 | 100 | 1 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 24 of 24 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 24 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 24 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 0.97 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 19,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.04 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00124 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 49,484.54 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 534 kg <br /> 534 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 123,711.34 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Vecchi, Italo (2012), Etruscan coinage: a corpus of the struck coinage of the Rasna, together with an historical and economic commentary on the issues (gold, silver and bronze), Milan, Ennerre, 590 p. (135 pl.).
- ^ Giannoni, Luciano (2018), Schede quantitative delle emissioni monetali etrusche, unpublished manuscript, s.l., 13 p.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm
