Ptolemais-Ake (Cleopatra and Antony), bronze, ca 10g (Antony/Cleopatra) (35-34 BCE)
From SILVER
40 BCE - 31 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Bare head of Antony r., surrounded by laurel wreath |
| Reverse: | ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΕωΝ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΥ (Greek).Diadem bust of Cleopatra VII in fields ΙΕ and LΓ (years 3 and 15). Dotted border |
Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| From | 40 BCE | to | 31 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 10.00 | 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.]]1Olivier - Aumaître 2017, p. 113-114 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RPC I, n° 4742 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 3 | 1 | 33.33 | 3 | 17.65 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 33.33 | 5 | 29.41 | 1 |
| 9 | 1 | 33.33 | 9 | 52.94 | 3 |
| Total | 3 of 3 | 99.99 | 17 of 17 | 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) | 6 | Number of coins (n) | 17 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 5.67 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.83 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 3.26 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 65,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 3.64 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00026 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 100% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 10,429.45 |
| 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 | 26,073.62 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Olivier, Julien - Aumaître, Héloïse (2017), "Antoine, Cléopâtre et le Levant. Le témoignage des monnaies", in L. Bricault et alii (éd.), Rome et les provinces. Monnayage et histoire. Mélanges offerts à Michel Amandry, Bordeaux, p. 105-122
- ^ Amandry, Michel - Burnett, Andrew - Ripolles, Pere Pau (1998), Roman provincial coinage. I. From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AC 69), London-Paris, 2 vol., xvii + 812 p., 195 pl.
