S 824 - Tiberias, bronze, quadrans (1/8) (20-21 CE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9023

20 CE - 21 CE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	TIBE (Greek).
Reverse:	HPW TET (Greek).

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Tiberias

Ancient region:

Galilee

Modern country: Israel

Authority:

Herod Antipas (tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, 4 BC-39 AD), Tiberius (Roman emperor, 14-37 AD)

Chronology

From

20 CE

to

21 CE

Period: Roman from 30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Denomination:

quadrans (1/8)

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.]]1A. J. Kogon et Ph. Fontanille, The Coinage of Herod Antipas: A Study and Die Classification of the Earliest Coins of Galilee, Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity 102). Foreword by C. Lorber, Leiden-Boston, 2018 (série B, type n° 5, dénomination IV).
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	2	33.33	2	6.9
2	1	16.67	2	6.9
7	1	16.67	7	24.14
8	1	16.67	8	27.59
10	1	16.67	10	34.48
Total	6 of 6	100.01	29 of 29	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	6	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	2
Number of reverse dies (r)	6	Number of coins (n)	29
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4.83	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	4.83
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	33.33 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	6.71	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	134,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	7.57	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00022
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	93.1%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	8,643.82
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	21,609.54

Remarks