Laodiceia ad Mare (Seleucids), silver, drachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (300-246 BCE)
From SILVER
300 BCE - 246 BCE Silver 1,846 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles in lion's skin headdress to right |
| Reverse: | ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Greek).Zeus, nude to the waist, seated left on high-backed throne, holding eagle in his right hand and long scepter with his left, in field to left, dolphin swimming left over monogram, beneath throne, monogram |
Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| From | 300 BCE | to | 246 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 4.20 | Denomination: | drachma
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Standard: | Attic |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Houghton 1999, p. 170-174 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2WSM, n° 1215, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3SC I, n° 358 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 13 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 8 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 15 | Number of coins (n) | 25 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.92 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.67 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.15 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 61.54 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 21.98 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 439,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 27.08 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00006 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 68% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,274.8 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,846 kg <br /> 1,846 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 5,686.99 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Houghton, Arthur (1999), "The early Seleucid mint of Laodicea ad Mare (c. 300-246 BC)," in Michel Amandry and Silvia Hurter (eds.), Travaux de numismatique grecque offerts à Georges Le Rider, London, p. 169-184, pl. 14-6.
- ^ Newell, Edward T. (1941), The coinage of the western Seleucid mints from Seleucus I to Antiochus III, Numismatic Studies 4, New York, 450 p., LXIV pl.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.
