S 238 - Aetolia (uncertain mint) (Aetolian League), bronze, hemiobols (300-229 BCE)
From SILVER
300 BCE - 229 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. |
| Reverse: | (AΙΤΩΛΩΝ) (Greek).Spear head, boar jaw and bunch of grapes. (In the field, monogram or star). |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aetolia (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Aetolia | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Aetolian League |
Chronology
| From | 300 BCE | to | 229 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze |
Median weight in grams | 5.70 | Denomination: | hemiobol |
Standard: |
Image

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. 53-61, no. 148-276, p. 65-71, no. 349-438, p. 71-72, no. 441-448, p. 83-85, no. 521-555. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 175 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 76 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 260 | Number of coins (n) | 452 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.58 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.74 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.49 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 43.43 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 239.52 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 4,790,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 285.56 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00009 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 83.19% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,774.22 |
| 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 | 9,435.54 |
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.