S 1337 - Thessalonica (Roman Republic), bronze (Dionysus/goat) (120-100 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8599

120 BCE - 100 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath.
Reverse:	ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Greek).Goat standing right. In the field, 2 monograms.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Thessalonica

Ancient region:

Macedon

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Roman Republic

Chronology

From

120 BCE

to

100 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

7.50

Denomination:

Standard:

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Kourempanas 2011, p. 285-290.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
5	1	50	5	33.33	D2
10	1	50	10	66.67	D1
Total	2 of 2	100	15 of 15	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0
Number of reverse dies (r)	5	Number of coins (n)	15
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	7.5	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	3
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2.5	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	2.09	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	41,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	2.31	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00036
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	100%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	14,354.07
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	35,885.17

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