Smyrna (Mithridates Eupator), bronzes (c. 15g) (Mithridates Eupator/Nike) (89-85 BCE)
From SILVER
89 BCE - 85 BCE Bronze
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head of Mithradates r. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ / ΕΠΜΟΓΕΝΗΣ / ΦΡΙΞΟΣ (Greek).Nike standing r., holding wreath and palm-branch |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Smyrna | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Ionia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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: | Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 89 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 85 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 | 13.50 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | diobol
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StandardStandard.: |
Image
Smyrna_Mithridates.jpg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Callataÿ 1997a1Callataÿ 1997a, p. 293, note 89, Callataÿ (to appear A)2Callataÿ (to appear A) | ||
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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 | 4 | 28.57 | 4 | 5.41 | 7, 12, 13, 14 |
| 2 | 1 | 7.14 | 2 | 2.7 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 21.43 | 9 | 12.16 | 2, 5, 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 7.14 | 4 | 5.41 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 7.14 | 6 | 8.11 | 1 |
| 8 | 1 | 7.14 | 8 | 10.81 | 8 |
| 10 | 2 | 14.29 | 20 | 27.03 | 9, 10 |
| 21 | 1 | 7.14 | 21 | 28.38 | 6 |
| Total | 14 of 14 | 99.99 | 74 of 74 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 14 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 59 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 74 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 5.29 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.25 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 4.21 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 28.57 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 15.39 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 307,800 |
| 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) | 17.27 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00024 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 94.59% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 9,616.63 |
| 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 | 24,041.59 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
