Laodiceia ad Mare (Seleucids), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (300-246 BCE)
From SILVER
300 BCE - 246 BCE Silver 23,715 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress |
| Reverse: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ below, ΣEΛEYKOY to right (Greek).Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre, dolphin to left above monogram in left field, monogram below throne |
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 | 16.80 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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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. 170-176 | ||
| 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° 1204, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3SC I, n° 36, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 9, n° 9-12 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 25 | 55.56 | 25 | 26.6 | 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 39, 41, 43, 45 |
| 2 | 7 | 15.56 | 14 | 14.89 | 2, 12, 13, 18, 29, 33, 37 |
| 3 | 5 | 11.11 | 15 | 15.96 | 7, 8, 14, 36, 38 |
| 4 | 5 | 11.11 | 20 | 21.28 | 1, 16, 28, 42, 44 |
| 6 | 1 | 2.22 | 6 | 6.38 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 4.44 | 14 | 14.89 | 26, 40 |
| Total | 45 of 45 | 100 | 94 of 94 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 45 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 25 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 73 | Number of coins (n) | 94 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.09 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.29 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.62 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 55.56 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 70.58 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,411,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 86.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 73.4% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,663.64 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 23,715 kg <br /> 23,715 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 6,659.11 |
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.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2009), Handbook of ancient Syrian coins : royal and civic issues, fourth to first centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage 9, Lancaster, lxix, 332 p.
