RQEM ad. 25 - Edessa (Macedon) (Maximinus Thrax), bronze, dupondii (235-236 CE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 1569

235 CE - 236 CE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Several legends: 1) Αὐτοκράτωρ Γ(άιος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος ; 2) Ἰούλ(ιος) Μάξιμος Καίσαρ (Greek).Several types: 1) Bust of Maximinus right, wearing laurel wreath, armour and drapery. Border of dots, 2) Bust of Maximus in three quarter, wearing laurel wreath and drapery.
Reverse:	᾽Εδεσσέων (Greek).Personified Rome seated on shield and armour left, wearing Attic helmet and chiton, dagger in the belt, holding Nike stephanephoros in right hand. Behind her, personified Edessa, facing, wearing mural crown and peploss, holding spear and crowning Rome. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Edessa

Ancient region:

Macedon

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Maximinus Thrax (Roman emperor, 235-238 AD), Maximus (Roman emperor, 236-238 AD), Roman Empire

Chronology

From

235 CE

to

236 CE

Period: Roman from 30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

9.30

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. 76, no. 1-3 and p. 77, no. 1-2.
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/137 https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/138

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
3	1	50	3	37.5	1 (Gor.)
5	1	50	5	62.5	1 (Max.)
Total	2 of 2	100	8 of 8	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ
Number of reverse dies (r)	4	Number of coins (n)	8
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	2.33	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	46,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	2.67	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00017
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	6,866.95
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	17,167.38

Remarks

The coinage of Maximinus is divided in 2 iconographic group : the coins with the portrait of Maximinus (dated from march 235 to june 236) and those with the portrait of Maximus (undated). Metrology p. 189-209.