Aegium, bronze (Zeus/Achaea) (191-146 BCE): Difference between revisions

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 9387

191 BCE - 146 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Zeus Homarios left, naked, holding Nike stephanephoros in right hand and scepter in left hand. (In field, name). Border of dots.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	AXAIΩN AIΓIΕΩΝ (Greek).Personification of Achaea seating left, wearing chiton and peplos, holding wreath in right hand and scepter in left hand. (In field, letters.) Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Aegium

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Peloponnesus

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:

Achaean League

Chronology

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

191 BCE

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

146 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

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

StandardStandard.:

Image

S356_Aegium_Zeus_Achaea.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Warren 20071Warren 2007, p. 4-5, no. 28-58.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	LHS 96 20062LHS 96 2006, n° 427
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/achaean league.aegium.warren 2007.28-58

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).
1	11	61.11	11	35.48	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17
2	3	16.67	6	19.35	6, 8, 18
3	3	16.67	9	29.03	9, 14, 16
5	1	5.56	5	16.13	13
Total	18 of 18	100.01	31 of 31	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	18	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	11
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	24	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	31
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.72	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.29
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.33	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	61.11 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	34.68	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	693,600
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)	42.92	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00004
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	64.52%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	1,787.77
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	4,469.43

Remarks

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+|Image=S356_Aegium_Zeus_Achaea.jpg
+|Image reference=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1707699&AucID=3848&Lot=29
 |Obverse description=Zeus Homarios left, naked, holding Nike stephanephoros in right hand and scepter in left hand. (In field, name). Border of dots.
 |Reverse legend=AXAIΩN AIΓIΕΩΝ
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 |Reverse description=Personification of Achaea seating left, wearing chiton and peplos, holding wreath in right hand and scepter in left hand. (In field, letters.) Border of dots.
 |Mint=Aegium
+|Ancient region=Peloponnesus
 |Authority=Achaean League
-|Date from=191
+|Date from=191 BCE
-|Date to=146
+|Date to=146 BCE
 |Period=Hellenistic
 |Metal=Bronze
-|Diameter=17-20
-|Die study reference=J. A. W. Warren, The Bronze Coinage of the Achaian Koinon. The Currency of a Federal Ideal, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication 42, London, 2007, p. 4-5, no. 28-58.
 |RQEM reference=RQEM ad.
 |RQEM reference number=356
+|Die study reference=Warren 2007, p. 4-5, no. 28-58.
+|Coin series reference=LHS 96 2006, n° 427
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/achaean_league.aegium.warren_2007.28-58
 |Number of obverse dies=18
 |Number of singletons=11
+|Number of reverse dies=24
+|Number of coins=31
 |Number of unidentified obverse dies=0
-|Number of reverse dies=24
 |Number of unidentified reverse dies=0
-|Number of coins=31
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