S 235 - Aetolia (uncertain mint) (Aetolian League), bronze, hemiobols (323-290 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8870

323 BC - 290 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Atalanta right.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	AΙΤΩΛΩΝ (Greek).Spear head. In the field, a bunch of grapes.

Mint and issuing power

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

Aetolia (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Aetolia

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:

Aetolian League

Chronology

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

323 BC

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

290 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

5.70

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

hemiobol

StandardStandard.:

Image

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References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Tsangari 20071Tsangari 2007, p. 46-49, no. 72-119.
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	24	61.54	24	35.29	d2, d3, d5, d7, d12, d13, d14, d15, d16, d17, d19, d20, d21, d22, d26, d27, d28, d29, d31, d32, d33, d35, d37, d38
2	13	33.33	26	38.24	d4, d6, d8, d9, d10, d11, d18, d24, d25, d30, d34, d36, d39
3	2	5.13	6	8.82	d1, d23
Total	39 of 39	100	56 of 68	82.35

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	39	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	24
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	48	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	68
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.74	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.42
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.23	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	61.54 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	73.94	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	1,478,800
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)	91.45	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00005
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	64.71%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	1,839.33
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	4,598.32

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

^ Tsangari, Dimitra (2007) Corpus des monnaies d’or, d’argent et de Bronze de la confédération étolienne, Athens, 507 p. : illustrations.