S 73 - Aradus, bronze, NC, 37-36 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9513

37 BCE - 36 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Male bust right (Mark Antony?).
Reverse:

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Aradus

Ancient region:

Phoenicia

Modern country: Syria

Authority:

Marcus Antonius (Roman politician and general, member of the Second Triumvirate, 83-30 BC) - supposed authority

Chronology

From

37 BCE

to

36 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

8.50

Denomination:

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.]]1Duyrat 2005, p. 114, no. 4635-4636 (series 18).
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4494

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
2	1	100	2	100	1
Total	1 of 1	100	2 of 2	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	1	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0
Number of reverse dies (r)	2	Number of coins (n)	2
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	1.62	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	32,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	2	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	100%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,469.14
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	6,172.84

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation