Seuthopolis (Seuthes III), bronze (eagle/thunderbolt) (320-309/8 BCE)
From SILVER
320 BCE - 308 BCE Bronze
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Eagle standing right |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ (Greek).Thunderbolt |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Seuthopolis | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Thrace | Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: | Seuthes III (king of the Odrysian kingdom, c. 331-300 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 320 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 308 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Bronze
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 3.60 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | StandardStandard.: |
Image
H86 Seuthès.jpeg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Dimitrov - Pentchev 19841Dimitrov - Pentchev 1984, n° 576-613 | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | RQEMH2RQEMH, n° 86, HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1715 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ | Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | % (n) | Die nameName(s) of the die(s). |
| 1 | 13 | 68.42 | 13 | 39.39 | 2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19 |
| 2 | 2 | 10.53 | 4 | 12.12 | 5, 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 10.53 | 6 | 18.18 | 3, 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 5.26 | 4 | 12.12 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 5.26 | 6 | 18.18 | 1 |
| Total | 19 of 19 | 100 | 33 of 33 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 19 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 13 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 15 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 33 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.74 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 2.2 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 0.79 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 68.42 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 36.2 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 724,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ᵖ (O) | 44.79 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 60.61% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 1,823.2 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 4,558.01 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Dimitrov, Kamen - Pentchev, Vladimir (2004), Seuthopolis, II, Sofia, 161 p., 12 pl.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
