Aradus (Seleucus I), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (311-301 BCE)
From SILVER
311 BCE - 301 BCE Silver 9,571 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. |
| Reverse: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus sitting in throne, facing left, right arme stretched, scepter in left hand, eagle perched upon right hand. Symbols in left field. |
Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| From | 311 BCE | to | 301 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 17.00 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
Image
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. 99-117 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Price 1991, n° 3356, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 9, n° 10, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4SC I, n° C94 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 19 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 43 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.26 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 47.37 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 28.15 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 563,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 34.04 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00008 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 79.07% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,055.06 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 9,571 kg <br /> 9,571 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 7,637.66 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
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
- ^ Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
- ^ 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 (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.
