Eusebeia (Ariobarzanes I), silver, drachms (Ariobarzanes/Athena nicephorus) (95-80 BCE)
From SILVER
95 BCE - 80 BCE Silver 9,967 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed head to right |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡΖΑΝOY ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙOY (Greek).Athena Nikephoros standing to left, monogram in inner left field, IΓ (date) in exergue |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Eusebeia | Ancient region: | Cappadocia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios (96-63 BCE), Cappadocian kingdom |
Chronology
| From | 95 BCE | to | 80 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 4.10 | Denomination: | drachma
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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.]]1Callataÿ 1997a, p. 209-211 | ||
| 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° 7300-7302, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 7, n° 847 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 67 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 121 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.81 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 121.55 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 2,431,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 150.13 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,990.95 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 9,967 kg <br /> 9,967 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,977.38 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ 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.
