Sardis, bronze (4.5g) (Apollo/club) (133-30 BCE)
From SILVER
133 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Laureate head of Apollo right. |
| Reverse: | ΣAPΔIA / NΩN (Greek).Club right within wreath, monogram to right. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Sardis | Ancient region: | Lydia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 133 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 | 4.5 | 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.]]1Hochard 2020, p. 366-368, Group 10, n° 1860 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 3 | 17.65 | 3 | 2.88 | 89, 92, 93 |
| 2 | 2 | 11.76 | 4 | 3.85 | 88, 90 |
| 3 | 2 | 11.76 | 6 | 5.77 | 83, 86 |
| 4 | 2 | 11.76 | 8 | 7.69 | 78, 91 |
| 5 | 2 | 11.76 | 10 | 9.62 | 84, 85 |
| 7 | 1 | 5.88 | 7 | 6.73 | 81 |
| 9 | 1 | 5.88 | 9 | 8.65 | 87 |
| 11 | 2 | 11.76 | 22 | 21.15 | 80, 82 |
| 14 | 1 | 5.88 | 14 | 13.46 | 77 |
| 21 | 1 | 5.88 | 21 | 20.19 | 79 |
| Total | 17 of 17 | 99.97 | 104 of 104 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 17 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 59 | Number of coins (n) | 104 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 6.12 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.76 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 3.47 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 17.65 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 18.26 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 365,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 20.32 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00028 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 97.12% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 11,391.02 |
| 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 | 28,477.55 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Hochard, Pierre-Olivier (2020), Lydie, terre d'empire(s): Etude de numismatique et d'histoire (228 a.C.-268 p.C.), 2 vol., Bordeaux, 2020, 1325 p.
