Judaea (uncertain mint) (Bar Kokhba), silver, tetradrachms (tetrastyle facade/Iulav) (132-135 CE)
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132 CE - 135 CE Silver 6,899 kg
Description
| Obverse: | 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew).Tetrastyle façade of the Temple of Jerusalem, show bread table or Ark of the Covenant in chest form with semicircular lid and short legs, seen from a narrow side, above façade, cross. |
| Reverse: | 'Year two of the freedom of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew).lulav with etrog at left |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Judaea (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Judaea | Modern country: Israel | Authority: | Simon bar Kokhba (military leader and king of Judea, 132-135 CE) |
Chronology
| From | 132 CE | to | 135 CE | Period: Roman from 30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 14.50 | Denomination: | tetradrachm, sela | Standard: |
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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.]]1Mildenberg 1984, p. 123-172 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 7, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25 | |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 21, 22 | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |
| 12 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 23 | |
| 16 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | |
| 21 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 5 | |
| 24 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 3 | |
| 30 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 2 | |
| 34 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 15 | |
| 48 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 6 | |
| 55 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 11 | |
| 60 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 1 | |
| 65 | 1 | 4 | 65 | 8 | |
| 77 | 1 | 4 | 77 | 4 | |
| 126 | 1 | 4 | 126 | 13 | |
| 133 | 1 | 4 | 133 | 14 | |
| 150 | 1 | 4 | 150 | 17 | |
| 290 | 1 | 4 | 290 | 12 | |
| Total | 25 of 25 | 100 | 1163 of 1,163 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 25 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 6 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 78 | Number of coins (n) | 1163 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 46.52 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 14.91 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 3.12 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 24 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 23.79 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 475,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 25.55 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00244 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 99.48% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 97,772.17 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 6,899 kg <br /> 6,899 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 244,430.43 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Certainly military
References
- ^ Mildenberg, Leo (1984), The Coinage of the Bar Kokhba War, Typos VI, Aarau, Verlag Sauerländer, 396 p.
