Seuthopolis (Seuthes III), bronze (star/thunderbolt) (320-309/8 BCE)
From SILVER
320 BCE - 308 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Star with eight rays |
| Reverse: | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ (Greek).Thunderbolt |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Seuthopolis | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Bulgaria | Authority: | Seuthes III (king of the Odrysian kingdom, c. 331-300 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 320 BCE | to | 308 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 1.60 | 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.]]1Dimitrov - Pentchev 1984, n° 401-468 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMH, n° 84, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.2, n° 1721 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 26 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 15 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 28 | Number of coins (n) | 50 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.92 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.79 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.08 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 57.69 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 43.95 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 879,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 54.17 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00006 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 70% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,275.31 |
| 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 | 5,688.28 |
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.
