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

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 9549

239 BCE - 229 BCE Gold 1,361 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	Aetolia sitting on galatian and macedonian shields, wielding scepter in right hand and sword in left hand, right.

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.

239 BCE

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

229 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Gold

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

4.20

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

drachma

StandardStandard.:

Attic

Image

S_242_-_Aetolia_(uncertain_mint)_(Aetolian_League),_gold,_drachms_(239-229_BCE).jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Tsangari 20071Tsangari 2007, p. 75, no. 459.
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).
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 obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	1	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	0
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	1	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	2
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	2
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	0 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	1.62	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	32,400
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)	2	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	100%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	2,469.14
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	1,361 kg <br /> 1,361 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	6,172.84

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.