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 |
Physical description
| Metal: | Silver |
Median weight in grams | 16.60 | Denomination: | tetradrachm |
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 - 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 |
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 14 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 14 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 7 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 0 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 0.99 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 19,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.08 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00071 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 100% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 28,282.83 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 329 kg <br /> 329 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 70,707.07 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Houghton - Le Rider 1985: 13 coins
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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 (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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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