S 1879 - Opous (Locrians), bronze (Hades/Dioscuri) (100-50 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 13144

100 BCE - 50 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Diademed head of Hades r., to l., poppy head.
Reverse:	OΠOYNTIΩN (Greek).[[Reverse description::The Dioscuri galloping r. with spears [stars above their heads], the whole in laurel wreath]]

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Opous

Ancient region:

Locri Opuntii (Opus)

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

100 BCE

to

50 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

11.50

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]S1879 Lokrians bronze Hades Dioscuri.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 36)
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/locris.morineau delbridge 2014.bronze group.36

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
9	1	100	9	100	1
Total	1 of 1	100	9 of 9	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	1	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ
Number of reverse dies (r)	5	Number of coins (n)	9
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	9	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.8
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	5	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	1.03	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	20,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	1.13	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00044
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	17,475.73
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	43,689.32

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation