S 252 - Aetolia (uncertain mint) Aetolian League), bronze, hemiobols (220-205 BCE)
From SILVER
220 BCE - 205 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel or oak wreath. |
| Reverse: | AΙΤΩΛΩΝ (Greek). |
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 |
Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze |
Median weight in grams | 4.00 | Denomination: | hemiobol |
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. 117-118, no. 875-883, p. 118-120, no. 885-922, p. 121-125, no. 925-976, p. 126-135, no. 978-1106. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 155 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 67 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 227 | Number of coins (n) | 368 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.37 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.62 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.46 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 43.23 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 222.68 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 4,453,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 267.79 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00008 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 81.79% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,305.19 |
| 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 | 8,262.98 |
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.