RQEM ad. 14 - Edessa (Macedon), bronze, dupondii (131-132 CE)
From SILVER
131 CE - 132 CE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἁδριανὸς Καίσαρ (Greek).Bust of Hadrianus right, bearded, wearing laurel wreath and armour. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | ᾽Εδεσσαίων (Greek).Personified Rome seated on shield and armour left, wearing Attic helmet and chiton, hoding a stephanephoros Nike in right hand. Behind her, personified Edessa three quarter left, wearing mural crown and peplos, crowning Rome. At the City feet, goat. Border of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Edessa | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Hadrian (Roman emperor, 117-138 AD), Roman Empire |
Chronology
| From | 131 CE | to | 132 CE | Period: Roman from 30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 10.70 | Denomination: | dupondius
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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.]]1Papaefthymiou 2002, p. 49, no. 1. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 3 | 1 | 100 | 3 | 100 | 1 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 3 of 3 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 1 | Number of coins (n) | 3 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 1.27 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 25,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.5 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00012 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 100% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 4,724.41 |
| 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 | 11,811.02 |
Remarks
The coinage of Hadrian is divided in 2 groups: the double as correspond to group A. Metrology p. 189-209.
References
- ^ E. Papaefthymiou, Edessa de Macédoine. Etude historique et numismatique, Athens, 2002
