S 242 - Aetolia (uncertain mint) (Aetolian League), gold, drachms (239-229 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9549

239 BCE - 229 BCE Gold 1,361 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress.
Reverse:	Aetolia sitting on galatian and macedonian shields, wielding scepter in right hand and sword in left hand, right.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Aetolia (uncertain mint)

Ancient region:

Aetolia

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Aetolian League

Chronology

From

239 BCE

to

229 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Gold

Median weight in grams

4.20

Denomination:

drachma

Standard:

Attic

Image

]]S_242_-_Aetolia_(uncertain_mint)_(Aetolian_League),_gold,_drachms_(239-229_BCE).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.]]1Tsangari 2007, p. 75, no. 459.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
2	1	100	2	100	D1
Total	1 of 1	100	2 of 2	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	1	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0
Number of reverse dies (r)	1	Number of coins (n)	2
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	1.62	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	32,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	2	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	100%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,469.14
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	1,361 kg <br /> 1,361 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	6,172.84

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation