S 1336 - Thessalonica, bronze, 114-110 BC

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8520

114 BCE - 110 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Several types: 1) Head of Hermes right, wearing caduceus (T9), 2) Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath (T10).
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Greek).Several types: 1) Pan left (T9), 2) Bull right. In the field, 2 monograms (T10).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Thessalonica

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

114 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

110 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Bronze

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

8.00

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

StandardStandard.:

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Th. Kourempanas1Th. Kourempanas, Τα ελληνιστικά νομίσματα της Θεσσαλονίκης , Athens, 2016, τύποι 9-10.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Obverse dies distribution

FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ^ᵖ	Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	% (n)	Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1	16	45.71	16	21.62	E1 (T9), E2 (T9), E6 (T9), E12 (T9), E13 (T9), E14 (T9), E15 (T9), E16 (T9), E3 (T10), E5 (T10), E6 (T10), E8 (T10), E10 (T10), E15 (T10), E16 (T10), E19 (T10)
2	10	28.57	20	27.03	E9 (T9), E1 (T10), E2 (T10), E9 (T10), E11 (T10), E12 (T10), E13 (T10), E14 (T10), E17 (T10), E18 (T10)
3	3	8.57	9	12.16	E7 (T9), E11 (T9), E7 (T10)
4	2	5.71	8	10.81	E3 (T9), E4 (T10)
5	3	8.57	15	20.27	E4 (T9), E8 (T9), E10 (T9)
6	1	2.86	6	8.11	E5 (T9)
Total	35 of 35	99.99	74 of 74	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	35	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	16
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	54	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	74
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2.11	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.37
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.54	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	45.71 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	54.39	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	1,087,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ^ᵖ (O)	66.41	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00007
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	78.38%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	2,721.09
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ^ᵖ	n.a.	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	6,802.72

Remarks

References

^ Th. Kourempanas