Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus IV), silver, tetradrachms (Antiochus IV/seated Zeus) (167-164 BCE) Voulgaridis
From SILVER
167 BCE - 164 BCE Silver 5,257 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed head of Antiochos IV to right, behind, monogram of AB |
| Reverse: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOΧOY - ΘEOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ / NIKHΦOPOY (Greek).Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left, to outer left, palm branch, in exergue, monograms of AB and HP |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ptolemais-Ake | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Israel | Authority: | Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Seleucid king, 175-164 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 167 BCE | to | 164 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 17.10 | 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.]]1Voulgaridis 2000, p. 22-31 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SC II, n° 1476, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 9, n° 620 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 6.67 | 1 | 0.74 | 14 |
| 2 | 1 | 6.67 | 2 | 1.47 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 13.33 | 6 | 4.41 | 8, 15 |
| 5 | 1 | 6.67 | 5 | 3.68 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 6.67 | 6 | 4.41 | 11 |
| 7 | 1 | 6.67 | 7 | 5.15 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 13.33 | 16 | 11.76 | 10, 13 |
| 13 | 2 | 13.33 | 26 | 19.12 | 5, 9 |
| 14 | 1 | 6.67 | 14 | 10.29 | 3 |
| 16 | 1 | 6.67 | 16 | 11.76 | 4 |
| 17 | 1 | 6.67 | 17 | 12.5 | 6 |
| 20 | 1 | 6.67 | 20 | 14.71 | 7 |
| Total | 15 of 15 | 100.02 | 136 of 136 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 15 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 107 | Number of coins (n) | 136 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 9.07 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.27 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 7.13 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 6.67 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 15.37 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 307,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 16.86 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00044 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 99.26% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 17,696.81 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 5,257 kg <br /> 5,257 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 44,242.03 |
Remarks
Most likely two workstations Likely military
References
- ^ Voulgaridis, Georges (2000), Les ateliers monetaires de ptolemais-'Akko et d'Ascalon sous la domination seleucide, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg, 2 vol., 448 p., 37 pl.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine C. - Hoover, Oliver D. (2008), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 2, Seleucus IV through Antiochus XIII, 2 v., New York - Lancaster - London, (xxx), 120 p. of plates : ill., maps, tables
- ^ 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.
