S 396 - Tegea, bronze, 191-146 BC
From SILVER
191 BCE - 146 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Zeus Homarios left, naked, holding Nike stephanephoros in right hand and scepter in left hand. In field, monoram. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | AXAIΩN TEΓΕA(TAN) (Greek).Personification of Achaea seating left, wearing chiton and peplos, holding wreath in right hand and scepter in left hand. In field, 1 or 2 letter(s) or monogram. Border of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Tegea | Ancient region: | Peloponnesus | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Achaean League |
Chronology
| From | 191 BCE | to | 146 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Denomination: | Standard: |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Warren 2007, p. 46-50, no. 831-904. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 4 | 1 | 1.96 | 4 | 5.41 | 47 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.96 | 5 | 6.76 | 13 |
| 1 | 36 | 70.59 | 36 | 48.65 | 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51 |
| 2 | 10 | 19.61 | 20 | 27.03 | 4, 5, 9, 12, 16, 25, 27, 30, 38, 44 |
| 3 | 3 | 5.88 | 9 | 12.16 | 11, 26, 28 |
| Total | 51 of 51 | 100 | 74 of 74 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 51 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 36 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 67 | Number of coins (n) | 74 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.45 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.1 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.31 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 70.59 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 131.09 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 2,621,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 164.09 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 51.35% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,129 |
| 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 | 2,822.49 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Warren, Jennifer A. W. (2007), The Bronze Coinage of the Achaian Koinon. The Currency of a Federal Ideal, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication 42, London, xvi, 212 p., 39 pl.
