RQEM ad. 13 - Edessa (Macedon) (Tiberius), bronze, asses (14-37 CE)

14 CE - 37 CE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Several legends: 1) Σεβαστὸς Θεὸς Ἐδεσσαίων ; 2) Tι(βέριος) Καίσαρ Σεβαστός (Greek).Several types: 1) Head of Augustus left or right, (wearing laurel wreath). Border of dots, 2) Head of Tiberius left or right, (wearing laurel wreath). Border of dots.
Reverse:	Several legends : 1) Tι(βέριος) Καίσαρ Σεβαστός ; 2) Ἐδεσσαων Σεβαστὴ (Greek).Several types: 1) Head of Tiberius left or right.Border of dots, 2) Head of Livia right, with hair bun. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Edessa

Ancient region:

Macedon

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Roman Empire, Tiberius (Roman emperor, 14-37 AD)

Chronology

From

14 CE

to

37 CE

Period: Roman ^{from 30 BC}

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

8.30

Denomination:

as

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.]]1Papaefthymiou 2002, p. 43-48, no. 1-31.
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1521 https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1522 https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1523 https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1524 https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1525 https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1526 https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1527

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ^ᵖ	Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	4	33.33	4	7.41	3, 7, 8, 10
2	2	16.67	4	7.41	6, 11
3	2	16.67	6	11.11	2, 9
8	1	8.33	8	14.81	4
12	1	8.33	12	22.22	12
Total	10 of 12	83.33	34 of 54	62.96

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	12	Number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	4
Number of reverse dies (r)	28	Number of coins (n)	54
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4.5	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.93
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2.33	Percentage of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	33.33 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ^ᵖ	13.61	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	272,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ^ᵖ (O)	15.43	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	0.00020
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	92.59%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ^ᵖ	7,935.34
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	19,838.35

Remarks

The coinage of Tiberius is divided in 2 series, divided each in groups. The series A is dated 14 AD or soon after and the series B is not dated. The average weight is approximate: 8,46 for the series A and 8,08 for the series B. Metrology p. 189-209.

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References

^ E. Papaefthymiou, Edessa de Macédoine. Etude historique et numismatique, Athens, 2002