S 235 - Aetolia (uncertain mint) (Aetolian League), bronze, hemiobols (323-290 BCE)
From SILVER
323 BC - 290 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Atalanta right. |
| Reverse: | AΙΤΩΛΩΝ (Greek).Spear head. In the field, a bunch of grapes. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aetolia (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Aetolia | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Aetolian League |
Chronology
| From | 323 BC | to | 290 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 5.70 | Denomination: | hemiobol
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Standard: |
Image
_(Aetolian_League),_bronze,_hemiobols_(323-290_BCE).jpg)
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Tsangari 2007, p. 46-49, no. 72-119. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 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 obverses ᵖ (o) | 39 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 24 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 48 | Number of coins (n) | 68 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.74 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.42 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.23 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 61.54 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 73.94 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,478,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 91.45 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 64.71% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,839.33 |
| 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 | 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.
