S 936a - Tripolis (Antony), bronze (Antony/Fulvia) (42/41 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 12550

42 BCE - 41 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Bare head of Antony right
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	TPIΠOΛITΩN L ΓK (date) (Greek).Draped bust of Fulvia right

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Tripolis

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Phoenicia

Modern countryModern country: Lebanon

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:

Marcus Antonius (Roman politician and general, member of the Second Triumvirate, 83-30 BC), Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

42 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

41 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Bronze

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

10.00

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

StandardStandard.:

Image

S936a Tripolis Antony.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Olivier - Aumaître 20171Olivier - Aumaître 2017, p. 112-113
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	RPC I2RPC I, n° 4509

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).
2	1	50	2	25	1
6	1	50	6	75	2
Total	2 of 2	100	8 of 8	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	3	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	8
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	4	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	2.67
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.5	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	2.33	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	46,600
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)	2.67	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00017
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	6,866.95
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	17,167.38

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

^ Olivier, Julien - Aumaître, Héloïse (2017), "Antoine, Cléopâtre et le Levant. Le témoignage des monnaies", in L. Bricault et alii (éd.), Rome et les provinces. Monnayage et histoire. Mélanges offerts à Michel Amandry, Bordeaux, p. 105-122
^ Amandry, Michel - Burnett, Andrew - Ripolles, Pere Pau (1998), Roman provincial coinage. I. From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AC 69), London-Paris, 2 vol., xvii + 812 p., 195 pl.