S 254 - Aetolia (uncertain mint) (Aetolian League), bronze, hemiobols (205-150 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 8695


205 BCE - 150 BCE Bronze

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΙΤΩΛΩΝ (Greek).
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. 205 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 5.40 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemiobol Nomisma.org StandardStandard.:
Average weightAverage of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).:
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Tsangari 20071Tsangari 2007, p. 167-185, no. 1400-1672.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1 125 60.68 125 27.35 d2, d3, d4, d5, d6, d12, d20, d21, d22, d23, d26, d27, d28, d29, d31, d35, d36, d37, d39, d40, d41, d42, d43, d45, d46, d47, d48, d50, d54, d55, d56, d59, d60, d61, d62, d63, d64, d65, d69, d70, d71, d72, d75, d76, d79, d81, d82, d83, d85, d88, d89, d90, d91, d92, d93, d94, d96, d97, d98, d100, d101, d103, d104, d105, d106, d107, d108, d110, d111, d112, d114, d115, d117, d119, d122, d124, d125, d126, d127, d129, d130, d138, d140, d142, d143, d144, d146, d147, d154, d157, d160, d161, d162, d165, d167, d168, d169, d170, d172, d173, d174, d175, d177, d179, d180, d182, d183, d184, d186, d187, d188, d189, d190, d192, d193, d195, d196, d197, d199, d200, d201, d202, d203, d204, d206
2 51 24.76 102 22.32 d1, d9, d10, d11, d13, d18, d19, d24, d25, d30, d32, d38, d44, d49, d51, d52, d57, d66, d67, d80, d84, d102, d109, d116, d118, d120, d121, d123, d128, d131, d133, d137, d141, d145, d148, d150, d151, d156, d158, d159, d163, d166, d171, d176, d178, d181, d191, d194, d198, d205, d207
3 19 9.22 57 12.47 d8, d14, d16, d33, d34, d53, d58, d68, d73, d74, d77, d86, d95, d113, d132, d134, d135, d139, d185
4 10 4.85 40 8.75 d7, d15, d17, d78, d87, d99, d136, d149, d155, d164
5 1 0.49 5 1.09 d152
Total 206 of 206 100 329 of 457 71.98
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 206 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  125
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 272 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 457
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 2.22 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.68
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.32 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  60.68 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  309.3 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  6,186,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 375.07 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00007
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 72.65% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  2,955.06
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  n.a. Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  7,387.65
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

  1. ^  Tsangari, Dimitra (2007) Corpus des monnaies d’or, d’argent et de Bronze de la confédération étolienne, Athens, 507 p. : illustrations.