Antioch (Antiochus IV), silver, tetradrachms (Zeus/seated Zeus) (168 BCE)
From SILVER
168 BCE - 168 BCE Silver 2,846 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Laureate and bearded head of Zeus to right. |
| Reverse: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOΧOY - ΘEOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ - NIKHΦOPOY (Greek).Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Antioch | Ancient region: | Syria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Seleucid king, 175-164 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 168 BCE | to | 168 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.80 | 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.]]1Le Rider 1999, p. 201-204 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2CSE, n° 106, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 9, n° 620a, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4SC II, n° 1398 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 33 | Number of coins (n) | 54 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 6.75 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.64 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 4.13 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 12.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 8.47 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 169,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 9.39 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00032 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 98.15% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 12,750.89 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 2,846 kg <br /> 2,846 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 31,877.21 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
