Thyateira, bronze (4.5g) (Apollo/double axe) (200-100 BCE)
From SILVER
200 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath |
| Reverse: | ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ (Greek).Double axe. In field monogram. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Thyateira | Ancient region: | Lydia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 200 BCE | to | 30 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 4.5 | 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.]]1Hochard 2020, p. 458-459, series 2, group 1, n° 2359 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 9 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 13 | Number of coins (n) | 49 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 5.44 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.77 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.44 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 33.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.85 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 197,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 11.03 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00025 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 93.88% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 9,949.24 |
| 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 | 24,873.1 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation 2 die links with the group with a tripod
References
- ^ Hochard, Pierre-Olivier (2020), Lydie, terre d'empire(s): Etude de numismatique et d'histoire (228 a.C.-268 p.C.), 2 vol., Bordeaux, 2020, 1325 p.
