Thessalonica (Roman Republic), bronze, ca 4.5g (Apollo/tripod) (135-115 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9314

135 BCE - 115 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Apollo right.
Reverse:	ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Greek).Tripod between legend, monograms to both sides.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Thessalonica

Ancient region:

Macedon

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Roman Republic

Chronology

From

135 BCE

to

115 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

4.50

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]Thessalonica_Apollo_tripod.jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Kourempanas 2016, τύποι 4.
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thessalonica.kourempanas 2016.4

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	2	40	2	18.18	E2 (issue 8), E1 (issue 17)
2	2	40	4	36.36	E3 (issue 8), E2 (issue 17)
5	1	20	5	45.45	E1 (issue 8)
Total	5 of 5	100	11 of 11	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	5	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	2
Number of reverse dies (r)	7	Number of coins (n)	11
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.2	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.57
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.4	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	40 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	7.55	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	151,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	9.17	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00007
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	81.82%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,913.91
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	7,284.77

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation