Antioch (Tryphon), silver, tetradrachms (142-139 BCE)
From SILVER
142 BCE - 139 BCE Silver 9,767 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed head of Tryphon to right |
| Reverse: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ / TPYΦΩNOΣ - AYTOKPATOPOΣ (Greek).Spiked Macedonian (or Cretan?) helmet with cheek guard to left, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor, in inner left field, monogram of AP, all within oak wreath |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Antioch | Ancient region: | Syria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Tryphon (142-138 BCE) |
Chronology
| From | 142 BCE | to | 139 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.60 | 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.]]1Houghton 1991, p. 92-93 (Table 6) | ||
| 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° 7085, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3SC II, n° 2031, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 9, n° 1055 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 21 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 52 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.48 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 42.86 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 29.42 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 588,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 35.23 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00009 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 82.69% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,535.01 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 9,767 kg <br /> 9,767 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 8,837.53 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Houghton, Arthur (1991), "The Antioch Project," in William E. Metcalf (ed.), Mnemata : papers in memory of Nancy M. Waggoner, New York, p. 73-97
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ 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.
