Berytus (Alexander Balas), silver, tetradrachms (Alexander/eagle on thunderbolt) (151-150 BCE)
From SILVER
151 BCE - 150 BCE Silver 6,833 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed head of Alexander I right, diadem ends falling straight behind, dotted border |
| Reverse: | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ-BAΣIΛEΩΣ (Greek).Eagle on a palm to left, closed wings |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Berytus / Laodicea in Phoenicia | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Lebanon | Authority: | Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Alexander I Balas (Seleucid king, 152-145 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 151 BCE | to | 150 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 14.10 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
Image
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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.]]1Sawaya 2005, p. 109 et passim | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 9, n° 881, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3SC II, n° 1824.2 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 18 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 36 | Number of coins (n) | 48 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.67 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.33 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 24.23 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 484,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 28.8 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00010 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 81.25% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,962.03 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 6,833 kg <br /> 6,833 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 9,905.08 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Sawaya, Ziad (2005), "Les tétradrachmes Séleucides à l’Aigle de Bérytos", The Numismatic Chronicle, 165, p. 99-124, pl. 9-14.
- ^ 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 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
