Antioch (Antiochus IV), silver, tetradrachms (Apollo/standing Apollo citharedus) (166 BCE)
From SILVER
166 BCE - 166 BCE Silver 341 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Laureate head of Apollo right. Fillet border |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ (Greek).Apollo Citharoedus, robed, standing right, holding cithara in left arm and patera in right hand |
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 | 166 BCE | to | 166 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.70 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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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. 217-218, n° 552-561 | ||
| 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° 288b, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4CSE, n° 110, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5SC II, n° 1401, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6HGC 9, n° 622 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 10 | 1 | 100 | 10 | 100 | 57 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 10 of 10 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 6 | Number of coins (n) | 10 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 10 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.67 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 6 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 1.02 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 20,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.11 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00049 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 100% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 19,607.84 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 341 kg <br /> 341 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 49,019.61 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Mørkholm 1963: 4 coins, 2 obverses and 2 reverses
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 (1983), Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the collection of Arthur Houghton, Ancient Coins in North American Collections 4, New York, xiv, 122 p., 2 fold. charts, 77 pls.
- ^ 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.
