S 240 - Aetolia (uncertain mint) (Aetolian League), bronze, chalkoi (300-239 BCE)
From SILVER
300 BCE - 239 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. |
| Reverse: | AΙΤΩΛΩΝ (Greek).Spear head. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aetolia (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Aetolia | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Aetolian League |
Chronology
| From | 300 BCE | to | 239 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 1.70 | Denomination: | chalkous
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Standard: |
Image
_(Aetolian_League),_bronze,_chalkoi_(300-239_BCE).png)
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. 64-65, no. 332-348. | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 17 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 16 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 17 | Number of coins (n) | 20 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.18 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.18 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 94.12 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 86.49 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,729,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 113.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00001 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 20% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 462.48 |
| 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 | 1,156.2 |
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.
