S 1875 - Opous (Locrians), bronze (Athena/quadriga) (50-1 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 13136

50 BCE - 1 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Quadriga to r., driven by helmeted figure wearing long chiton
Reverse:	O - POYN - TIWN (Greek).Athena standing r. with spear and shield

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Opous

Ancient region:

Locri Opuntii (Opus)

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

50 BCE

to

1 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC , Roman from 30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

6.50

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]S1875 Lokrians bronze Athena quadriga.jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Morineau Humphris - Delbridge 2014, p. 162 (Group 35)
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/locris.morineau delbridge 2014.bronze group.35

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	1	20	1	7.14	3
2	2	40	4	28.57	2, 5
3	1	20	3	21.43	4
6	1	20	6	42.86	1
Total	5 of 5	100	14 of 14	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	5	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	1
Number of reverse dies (r)	8	Number of coins (n)	14
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.8	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.75
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.6	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	20 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	6.57	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	131,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	7.78	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00011
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	92.86%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	4,261.8
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	10,654.49

Remarks