RQEM ad. 19 - Edessa (Macedon) (Caracalla), bronze, dupondii (212 CE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 1560

212 CE - 212 CE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Several legends: 1) (Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αίσα)ρ) Mᾶ(ρκος) Aὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος ; 2) Ἰουλία Δόμνα Σεβ(αστή) (Greek).Several types: 1) Head of Caracalla right, bearded and wearing laurel wreath, (armour and drapery). Border of dots, 2) Bust of Julia Domna right, with hair bun and wearing drapery. Border of dots.
Reverse:	Several legends: 1) ᾽Εδεσσαίων ; 2) ᾽Εδεσσέων (Greek).Personified Rome seated on armour (and shield) left, wearing Attic helmet and chiton, holding Nike stephanephoros in right hand. Behind 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:

Caracalla (Roman emperor, 198-217 AD), Julia Domna (Roman empress, 194-211 AD), Roman Empire

Chronology

From

212 CE

to

212 CE

Period: Roman from 30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

10.40

Denomination:

dupondius

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. 63-64, no. 1-6, p. 65-66, no. 1-11.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	1	16.67	1	3.85	7
2	3	50	6	23.08	9, 10, 12
6	1	16.67	6	23.08	11
12	1	16.67	12	46.15	8
Total	6 of 6	100.01	25 of 26	96.16

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	6	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	1
Number of reverse dies (r)	17	Number of coins (n)	26
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4.33	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.53
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2.83	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	16.67 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	6.86	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	137,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	7.8	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00019
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	96.15%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	7,580.17
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	18,950.44

Remarks

The coinage of Caracalla is divided in 2 iconographic groups : the coins with the portrait of the'emperor (issue dated in 212 AD subdivide in 3 series) and those with the portrait of Julia Domna (3rd (?) issue dated in 212 AD). Metrology p. 189-209.