RQEM ad. 15 - Edessa (Macedon) (Hadrian), bronze, asses (131-132 CE)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1535


131 CE - 132 CE Bronze

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἁδριανὸς Καίσαρ (Greek).Bust of Hadrianus right, bearded, wearing laurel wreath and armour. Border of dots.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ᾽Εδεσσαίων (Greek).Personified Edessa facing, head left, wearing helmet (with walls), chiton and peplos, holding female statue (Nike?) in right hand, and spear in left hand. (Between her legs, the personified Edessaios river, lying, blowing a trumpet.) At the City feet, right, goat. Border of dots.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Edessa Ancient regionAncient region.: Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece 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: Hadrian (Roman emperor, 117-138 AD), Roman Empire
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 131 CE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 132 CE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Roman from 30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 5.80 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: as Nomisma.org StandardStandard.:
Image
RQEM_ad_15.png [Berlin, unknown inv. numb. (picture from RPC online)]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Papaefthymiou 20021Papaefthymiou 2002, p. 49-50, no. 2-3.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1 1 50 1 33.33 2
2 1 50 2 66.67 3
Total 2 of 2 100 3 of 3 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 2 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  1
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 2 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 3
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 1.5 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.5
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  4.81 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  96,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 6 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 66.67% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  1,247.4
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  n.a. Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  3,118.5
Remarks

The coinage d'Hadrian is divided in 2 groups: the double as correspond to group B. Metrology p. 189-209.

References

  1. ^  E. Papaefthymiou, Edessa de Macédoine. Etude historique et numismatique, Athens, 2002