Thelpusa, bronze (Demeter/wreath) (50-25 BCE)
From SILVER
50 BCE - 25 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Radiate head of Demeter to right |
| Reverse: | ΘЄΛ (Greek).ΘЄΛ within laurel wreath |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Thelpusa | Ancient region: | Peloponnesus | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 50 BCE | to | 25 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 4.00 | 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.]]1Ziesmann 2022, p. 50-54 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 2751, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 5, n° 1087 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 29 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 21 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 31 | Number of coins (n) | 41 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.41 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.32 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.07 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 72.41 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 78.95 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,579,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 99.08 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 48.78% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,038.63 |
| 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 | 2,596.58 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Ziesmann, Sonja (2022), "Zur vorkaiserzeitlichen Münzprägung von Thelphousa," Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau, 100, p. 33-61, pl. 3-4.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2011), Handbook of Greek Coins 5. Coins of the Peloponnesos, Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster (PA), 2011.
