RQEM ad. 437 - Messene, bronze, chalkoi (370/69-330 BCE)
From SILVER
370 BCE - 330 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Demeter left, wearing earring, necklace and ear and leaves wreath. |
| Reverse: | ME (Greek).No type. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Messene | Ancient region: | Peloponnesus | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Messenian League |
Chronology
| From | 370 BCE | to | 330 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 3.10 | Denomination: | chalkous
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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.]]1Grandjean 2003, series IV | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 11 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 22 | Number of coins (n) | 53 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 4.82 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.41 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9.09 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 12.3 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 246,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 13.88 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00022 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 98.11% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 8,617.89 |
| 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 | 21,544.72 |
Remarks
Metrology boards, p. 40.
References
- ^ C. Grandjean, Les Messéniens de 370/369 au 1er siècle de notre ère. Monnayages et histoire, Athens, 2003
