Bactria (uncertain mint B) (Euthydemus), silver, obols (Euthydemus/seated Heracles) (230-200 BCE)
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230 BCE - 200 BCE Silver 145 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of king Euthydemus right, wearing diadem. Border of dots |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ (Greek).Heracles seated on rock left, naked, holding club, resting on separate pile of rocks. Border of dots |
Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| From | 230 BCE | to | 200 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.60 | Denomination: | obol
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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.]]1Glenn 2020, p. 241, n° 1-10 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 12, n° 50 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 30 | 2, 4, 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 33.33 | 4 | 40 | 3, 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 16.67 | 3 | 30 | 1 |
| Total | 6 of 6 | 100 | 10 of 10 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 6 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 6 | Number of coins (n) | 10 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.67 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.67 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 12.1 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 242,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 15 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 70% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,652.89 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 145 kg <br /> 145 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,132.23 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Glenn, Simon (2020), Money and Power in Hellenistic Bactria: Euthydemus I to Antimachus I, Numismatic Studies 43, New York, 2020, 394 p., 106 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2013), Handbook of coins of Baktria and ancient India : including Sogdiana, Margiana, Areia, and the Indo-Greek, Indo-Skythian, and native Indian states south of the Hindu Kush, fifth century BC to first century, Lancaster-London,
