RQEM ad. 16 - Edessa (Macedon) (Marcus Aurelius), bronze, dupondii (171-180 CE)
From SILVER
171 CE - 180 CE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἀντωνῖνος Κα(ίσαρ) (Greek).Bust of Marcus Aurelius right, bearded, wearing (laurel wreath) and chlamys. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | ᾽Εδεσσαίων (Greek).Personified Rome seated on shield and armour left, wearing Attic helmet and chiton, sword in the belt, holding Nike stephanephoros in right hand. Behinf her, personified Edessa, facing, wearing mural crown and peplos, crowning Rome. At the City feet, right, goat. Border of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Edessa | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Marcus Aurelius (Roman emperor, 161-180 AD), Roman Empire |
Chronology
| From | 171 CE | to | 180 CE | Period: Roman from 30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 11.60 | 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. 50-52, no. 1-5. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 15.38 | 2, 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 23.08 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 53.85 | 3 |
| Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 12 of 13 | 92.31 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 13 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.25 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.6 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.25 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 4.94 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 98,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 5.78 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00013 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 84.62% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,263.16 |
| 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 | 13,157.89 |
Remarks
The coinage of Marcus Aurelius is divided in 2 groups. Metrology p. 189-209.
References
- ^ E. Papaefthymiou, Edessa de Macédoine. Etude historique et numismatique, Athens, 2002
