S 459 - Termessus Minor, bronze (Hermes/eagle) (100-30 BCE)
From SILVER
100 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos. |
| Reverse: | TEP (Greek).Eagle right. |
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 | 1.30 | 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. 170, series X. | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 10 | Number of coins (n) | 12 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.71 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.2 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.43 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 57.14 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 13.57 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 271,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 16.8 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 66.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,768.61 |
| 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 | 4,421.52 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Kosmetatou, Elisabeth (1998), "The coinage of Lycian Termessos Pros Oinoandois", Quaderni ticinesi di numismatica e antichità classiche 27, p. 171, series XIV.
