Apameia (Antiochus VI), silver, tetradrachms (145-143 BCE)
From SILVER
145 BCE - 143 BCE Silver 4,435 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Radiate and diademed head to right. |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣOY (Greek).The Dioskouroi riding to left, holding couched lances, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ in two lines above, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ in two lines below, TPY above monogram to right, HΞP (date) below horses, all within wreath of lily, ivy, and grain ears. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Apameia | Ancient region: | Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) | Modern country: Syria | Authority: | Antiochus VI Dionysus (Seleucid king, 144-142 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 145 BCE | to | 143 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.50 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: |
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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 1992a, p. 119-41, pl. 16-18. | ||
| 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° 7072 (var.), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 300, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 9, n° 1032 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 11 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 6 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 30 | Number of coins (n) | 37 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.36 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.23 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.73 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 54.55 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 13.44 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 268,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 15.65 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00014 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 83.78% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,505.95 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 4,435 kg <br /> 4,435 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 13,764.88 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Houghton, Arthur (1992), "The Revolt of Tryphon and the Accession of Antiochus VI at Apamea", Revue Suisse de Numismatique 71, p. 119-41, pl. 16-18.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ 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.
