Antioch (Antiochus IV), silver, drachms (146-145 BCE)
From SILVER
146 BCE - 145 BCE Silver 1,025 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed head right. |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ (Greek).Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos, monogram in exergue. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Antioch | Ancient region: | Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Seleucid king, 175-164 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 146 BCE | to | 145 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 3.90 | Denomination: | drachma
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Standard: | Attic |
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.]]1Mørkholm 1960, p. 25-30, pl. 1. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 6981, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 292, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 9, n° 745 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 10 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 23 | Number of coins (n) | 28 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.8 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.22 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.3 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 30 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 13.14 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 262,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 15.56 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00011 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 89.29% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 4,261.8 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,025 kg <br /> 1,025 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 10,654.49 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Morkholm, Otto (1960), "A Posthumous Issue of Antiochos IV of Syria", The Numismatic Chronicle 6/20, p. 25-30, pl. 1.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2009), Handbook of ancient Syrian coins : royal and civic issues, fourth to first centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage 9, Lancaster, lxix, 332 p.
