S 251 - Aetolia (uncertain mint) (Aetolian League), bronze, chalkoi (220-205 BCE)
From SILVER
220 BCE - 205 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Atalanta right. |
| Reverse: | AΙΤΩΛΩΝ (Greek).Spear in field, right. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aetolia (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Aetolia | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Aetolian League |
Chronology
| From | 220 BCE | to | 205 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 2.10 | Denomination: | chalkous
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Standard: |
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. 115-116, no. 841-866, p. 118, no. 884, p. 121, no. 924, p. 136, no. 1119-1123, p. 136-137, no. 1127. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 27 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 15 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 33 | Number of coins (n) | 40 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.48 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.21 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.22 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 55.56 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 66.5 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,330,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 83.08 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 62.5% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,203.01 |
| 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 | 3,007.52 |
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.
