Antioch (Antiochus IV), silver, drachms (Antiochus IV/Apollo on omphalos) (173-169 BCE)
From SILVER
173 BCE - 169 BCE Silver 459 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed head of Antiochus IV right, diadem ends adorned with stars |
| Reverse: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXΟΥ ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ (Greek).Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Antioch | Ancient region: | Syria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Seleucid king, 175-164 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 173 BCE | to | 169 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 4.10 | Denomination: | drachma
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Standard: | Attic |
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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 1963, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Le Rider 1999, p. 218-219 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 286a, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4SC II, n° 1403, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5HGC 9, n° 611 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 4.17 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 8.33 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 12.5 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 20.83 | 1 |
| 13 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 54.17 | 2 |
| Total | 5 of 5 | 100 | 24 of 24 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 17 | Number of coins (n) | 24 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 4.8 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.41 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 3.4 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 20 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 5.6 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 112,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 6.32 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00021 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 95.83% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 8,571.43 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 459 kg <br /> 459 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 21,428.57 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation O3 is possibly O2 recut
References
- ^ Morkholm, Otto (1963), Studies in the Coinage of Antiochos IV of Syria, Copenhague.
- ^ Le Rider, Georges (1999), Antioche de Syrie sous les séleucides : corpus des monnaies d'or et d'argent. I, De Séleucos I à Antiochos V, c. 300-161, Mémoires de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, n.s. 19, Paris, 260 p., 27 pl.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine C. - Hoover, Oliver D. (2008), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 2, Seleucus IV through Antiochus XIII, 2 v., New York - Lancaster - London, (xxx), 120 p. of plates : ill., maps, tables
- ^ 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.
