S 107 - Alexandria, bronze, NC, 115/4-114/3 BC
From SILVER
114 BCE - 113 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Zeus Ammon right |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek).Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, monogram in left field, date in right field |
Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| From | 114 BCE | to | 113 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 16.00 | Denomination: | Standard: | Ptolemaic |
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.]]1Faucher - Shahin 2006, p. 135-157, pl. 10-14. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 13 | 46.43 | 13 | 20.63 | 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 25, 27, 28 |
| 2 | 6 | 21.43 | 12 | 19.05 | 5, 13, 21, 23, 24, 26 |
| 3 | 4 | 14.29 | 12 | 19.05 | 2, 9, 11, 20 |
| 4 | 2 | 7.14 | 8 | 12.7 | 1, 19 |
| 6 | 3 | 10.71 | 18 | 28.57 | 3, 4, 10 |
| Total | 28 of 28 | 100 | 63 of 63 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 28 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 13 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | NC"NC" is not a number. | Number of coins (n) | 63 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.25 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 46.43 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 41.64 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 832,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 50.4 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00008 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 79.37% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,025.94 |
| 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 | 7,564.84 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Faucher, Thomas - Shahin, Mona (2006) "Le trésor de Gézéïr (lac Mariout, Alexandrie)", Revue Numismatique, p. 135-157, pl. 10-14.
