S 108 - Alexandria, bronze, NC, 115/4-114/3 BC
From SILVER
114 BCE - 113 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles left, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. In field, monogram. |
| 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 | 8.00 | Denomination: | Standard: | Ptolemaic |
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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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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 21 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | NC"NC" is not a number. | Number of coins (n) | 51 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.43 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 42.86 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 29.76 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 595,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 35.7 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00009 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 82.35% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,427.42 |
| 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 | 8,568.55 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Faucher, Thomas - Shahin, Mona (2006) "Le trésor de Gézéïr (lac Mariout, Alexandrie)", Revue Numismatique, p. 135-157, pl. 10-14.
