Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus IV), silver, tetradrachms (Antiochus IV/seated Zeus) (168-164 BCE)
From SILVER
168 BCE - 164 BCE Silver 4,675 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed head right, monogram to left. |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ NIKHΦOPOY (Greek).Zeus Nikephoros seated left, palm frond to outer left, AΓ in exergue. |
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 | 168 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 |
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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.]]1Mørkholm 1963 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 6978, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 290, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 9, n° 620 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 12 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 43 | Number of coins (n) | 53 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 4.42 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.23 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 3.58 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 41.67 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 13.67 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 273,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 15.51 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00019 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 90.57% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 7,754.21 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 4,675 kg <br /> 4,675 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 19,385.52 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Morkholm, Otto (1963), Studies in the Coinage of Antiochos IV of Syria, Copenhague.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ 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.
