Eusebeia (Ariobarzanes I), silver, drachms (Ariobarzanes/Athena nicephorus) (83/2 BCE - year IΓ)
From SILVER
83 BCE - 82 BCE Silver 2,965 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head of Ariobarzanes to right |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡΖΑΝOY ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙOY (Greek).Athena Nikephoros standing to left, monogram in inner left field, 13 (date) in exergue |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Eusebeia | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Cappadocia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: | Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios (96-63 BCE), Cappadocian kingdom, Roman Republic |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 83 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 82 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 4.00 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | drachma
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StandardStandard.: | Attic |
Image
Ariobarzane_Elsen_13.jpg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Callataÿ (to appear)1Callataÿ (to appear) | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear II2Sear II, n° 7300-7302, Callataÿ 1997a3Callataÿ 1997a, p. 209-211, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 847-9 | ||
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Obverse dies distribution
| FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ | Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | % (n) | Die nameName(s) of the die(s). |
| 1 | 5 | 14.29 | 5 | 2.11 | 4, 17, 19, 21, 28 |
| 2 | 10 | 28.57 | 20 | 8.44 | 2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 22, 34 |
| 3 | 1 | 2.86 | 3 | 1.27 | 31 |
| 5 | 4 | 11.43 | 20 | 8.44 | 3, 15, 20, 35 |
| 6 | 3 | 8.57 | 18 | 7.59 | 9, 26, 29 |
| 7 | 1 | 2.86 | 7 | 2.95 | 24 |
| 8 | 2 | 5.71 | 16 | 6.75 | 7, 32 |
| 11 | 1 | 2.86 | 11 | 4.64 | 33 |
| 12 | 1 | 2.86 | 12 | 5.06 | 23 |
| 13 | 1 | 2.86 | 13 | 5.49 | 30 |
| 14 | 2 | 5.71 | 28 | 11.81 | 8, 18 |
| 15 | 2 | 5.71 | 30 | 12.66 | 6, 27 |
| 24 | 1 | 2.86 | 24 | 10.13 | 1 |
| 30 | 1 | 2.86 | 30 | 12.66 | 25 |
| Total | 35 of 35 | 100.01 | 237 of 237 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 35 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 143 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 237 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 6.77 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.66 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 4.09 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 14.29 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 37.06 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 741,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ᵖ (O) | 41.06 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00032 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 97.89% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 12,790.07 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ᵖ | 2,965 kg <br /> 2,965 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 31,975.18 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Certainly military
References
- ^ Callataÿ (to appear)
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), Handbook of Greek Coinages. 7. Coins of northern and Central Anatolia - Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian bosporos), Lancaster, lxxxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
