H 286 - Antioch (Antiochus IV), silver, tetradrachms (173-168 BCE)
From SILVER
173 BCE - 168 BCE Silver 6,215 kg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head right, monogram to left. |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ (Greek).Zeus Nikephoros seated left, palm frond to outer left, AΓ in exergue. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Antioch | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) | 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: | Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Seleucid king, 175-164 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 173 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 168 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver | Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 16.60 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | tetradrachm | StandardStandard.: | Attic |
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | Mørkholm 19631 | ||
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear II2 , RQEMH3 |
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 | 4 | 23.53 | 4 | 4.49 | 8, 9, 18, 20 |
2 | 1 | 5.88 | 2 | 2.25 | 13 |
3 | 2 | 11.76 | 6 | 6.74 | 4, 11 |
4 | 3 | 17.65 | 12 | 13.48 | 12, 14, 19 |
7 | 2 | 11.76 | 14 | 15.73 | 16, 17 |
9 | 2 | 11.76 | 18 | 20.22 | 6, 15 |
10 | 2 | 11.76 | 20 | 22.47 | 5, 10 |
13 | 1 | 5.88 | 13 | 14.61 | 7 |
Total | 17 of 17 | 99.98 | 89 of 89 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 17 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 4 |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 72 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 89 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 5.24 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.24 |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 4.24 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 23.53 % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 18.72 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 374,400 |
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) | 21.01 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00024 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 95.51% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 9,508.55 |
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 | 6,215 kg <br /> 6,215 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 23,771.37 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Morkholm, Otto (1963), Studies in the Coinage of Antiochos IV of Syria, Copenhague.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.