Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus V), silver, tetradrachms (Antiochus V/Apollo on omphalos) (165-164 BCE)

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165 BCE - 164 BCE Silver 329 kg

Description
Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochos V as a young child right, AY monogram to left
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY (Greek).Apollo, nude, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand holding tip of bow set on ground to right, seated left on omphalos, AY monogram to outer left, NE monogram to outer right, ΛB and HP monograms in exergue
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Ptolemais-Ake Ancient region: Phoenicia Modern country: Israel Authority: Antiochus V Eupator (Seleucid king, 164-162 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)
Chronology
From 165 BCE to 164 BCE Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Median weight in grams 16.60 Denomination: tetradrachm Nomisma.org Standard: Attic
Image
]]H293 Ptolemais Antiochus V.jpg [1]
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 - Le Rider 1985, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Voulgaridis 2000, p. 72-73
Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3CSE, n° 773, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4RQEMH, n° 293, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5HGC 9, n° 751, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6SC II, n° 1581a
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Obverse dies distribution
Frequency ᵖ Number of obverses ᵖ (o) % (o) Number of coins (n) % (n) Die name
14 1 100 14 100 1
Total 1 of 1 100 14 of 14 100
Reverse dies distribution
Frequency ᵖ Number of reverse dies (r) % (r) Number of coins (n) % (n) Die name
1 4 57.14 4 28.57 2, 5, 6, 7
2 2 28.57 4 28.57 3, 4
6 1 14.29 6 42.86 1
Total 7 of 7 100 14 of 14 100
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Houghton - Le Rider 1985: 13 coins

References

  1. ^  Houghton, Arthur - Le Rider, Georges (1985), "Le deuxième fils d'Antiochos IV à Ptolémaïs", Revue Suisse de Numismatique, 64, p. 73-85, pl. 12-13
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Houghton, Arthur (1983), Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the collection of Arthur Houghton, Ancient Coins in North American Collections 4, New York, xiv, 122 p., 2 fold. charts, 77 pls.
  4. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
  5. ^  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.
  6. ^  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