Antioch (Seleucus IV), silver, tetradrachms (187-175 BCE)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 8527


187 BCE - 175 BCE Silver 8,330 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head right
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ (Greek).Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos, filleted palm frond to outer left
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Antioch Ancient regionAncient region.: Syria Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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: Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Seleucus IV Philopator (Seleucid king, 187-175 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 187 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 175 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 17.00 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic
Image
H281 Antioch Seleucus IV.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Houghton 19911Houghton 1991, p. 82-83 (Table 3), Le Rider 19932Le Rider 1993, p. 49-67, pl. 14-16
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear II3Sear II, n° 6966, RQEMH4RQEMH, n° 281, SC II5SC II, n° 1313, HGC 96HGC 9, n° 580-582



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1 3 13.04 3 2.01 11, 18, 22
2 4 17.39 8 5.37 12, 13, 17, 23
3 1 4.35 3 2.01 3
4 3 13.04 12 8.05 5, 14, 20
5 3 13.04 15 10.07 7, 16, 21
7 2 8.7 14 9.4 9, 10
8 1 4.35 8 5.37 15
9 1 4.35 9 6.04 4
10 1 4.35 10 6.71 6
11 1 4.35 11 7.38 2
13 2 8.7 26 17.45 8, 19
30 1 4.35 30 20.13 1
Total 23 of 23 100.01 149 of 149 99.99
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 23 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  3
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 117 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 149
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 6.48 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.27
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 5.09 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  13.04 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  24.5 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  490,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 27.2 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00030
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 97.99% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  12,163.27
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  8,330 kg <br /> 8,330 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  30,408.16
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Houghton 1991: 24 obverses for 124 coins

References

  1. ^  Houghton, Arthur (1991), "The Antioch Project," in William E. Metcalf (ed.), Mnemata : papers in memory of Nancy M. Waggoner, New York, p. 73-97
  2. ^  Le Rider, Georges (1993), "Les ressources financières de Séleucos IV (187-175) et le paiement de l'indemnité aux Romains," in Roger Bland, Andrew Burnett and Martin Price (eds.), Essays in honour of Robert Carson and Kenneth Jenkins, London : Spink, p. 49-67.
  3. ^  Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
  4. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
  5. ^  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
  6. ^  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.