H 305 - Syria (uncertain mint) (Antiochus VIII), silver, tetradrachms (121-96 BCE)

121 BCE - 96 BCE Silver 6,595 kg

Obverse:	Diademed head to right.
Reverse:	ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ (Greek).ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding star in outstretched hand and long sceptre, crescent above, IE over A in left field, P in inner right field, all within laurel wreath border.

Syria (Seleucis and Pieria)

121 BCE

96 BCE

Period: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Silver

16.10

tetradrachm

Attic

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Houghton 1993, p. 87-106, pl. 1-3.
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMH, n° 305

no distribution is available

Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	13	Number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	6
Number of reverse dies (r)	22	Number of coins (n)	27
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.08	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.23
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.69	Percentage of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	46.15 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ^ᵖ	20.48	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	409,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ^ᵖ (O)	25.07	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	0.00007
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	77.78%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ^ᵖ	2,636.72
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ^ᵖ	6,595 kg <br /> 6,595 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ^ᵖ	6,591.8

References

^ Houghton, Arthur (1993), "The reigns of Antiochus VIII and Antiochus IX at Antioch and Tarsus", Revue suisse de Numismatique, 72, p. 87-106.
^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.