Smyrna (Mithridates Eupator), bronzes (c. 15g) (Mithridates Eupator/Nike) (89-85 BCE)

89 BCE - 85 BCE Bronze

Obverse:	Diademed head of Mithradates r.
Reverse:	ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ / ΕΠΜΟΓΕΝΗΣ / ΦΡΙΞΟΣ (Greek).Nike standing r., holding wreath and palm-branch

Ionia

89 BCE

85 BCE

Period: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Bronze

13.50

diobol

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Callataÿ 1997a, p. 293, note 89, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Callataÿ (to appear A)
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/smyrna milne 1927 xv p

no distribution is available

Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	14	Number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	4
Number of reverse dies (r)	59	Number of coins (n)	74
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	5.29	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.25
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	4.21	Percentage of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	28.57 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ^ᵖ	15.39	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	307,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ^ᵖ (O)	17.27	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	0.00024
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	94.59%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ^ᵖ	9,616.63
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	24,041.59

Most likely one single workstation

References

^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
^ Callataÿ (to appear A)