S 450 - Termessus Minor, bronze (Zeus/thunderbolt) (100-30 BCE)
From SILVER
100 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. In field, scepter. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | TEPMHΣΣΕΩΝ (Greek).Winged thunderbolt. Border of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Termessus Minor | Ancient region: | Lycia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 100 BCE | to | 30 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 7.00 | Denomination: | Standard: |
Image
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Kosmetatou 1998, p. 165-167, series I. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 23 | 71.88 | 23 | 52.27 | O1, O2, O3, O4, O5, O6, O7, O8, O9, O11, O12, O13, O14, O15, O16, O18, O20, O23, O25, O26, O27, O28, O29 |
| 2 | 6 | 18.75 | 12 | 27.27 | O10, O19, O22, O24, O30, O32 |
| 3 | 3 | 9.38 | 9 | 20.45 | O17, O21, O31 |
| Total | 32 of 32 | 100.01 | 44 of 44 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 32 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 23 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 37 | Number of coins (n) | 44 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.38 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.19 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.16 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 71.88 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 93.17 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,863,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 117.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 47.73% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 944.51 |
| 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 | 2,361.28 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Kosmetatou, Elisabeth (1998), "The coinage of Lycian Termessos Pros Oinoandois", Quaderni ticinesi di numismatica e antichità classiche 27, p. 171, series XIV.
