Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus VIII), silver, tetradrachms (121-113 BCE)
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121 BCE - 113 BCE Silver 33,011 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right |
| Reverse: | ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ (Greek).Zeus Ouranios, nude, standing facing, head to left, holding eight-pointed star in his outstretched right hand and long scepter with his left, above head, crescent with points upwards, all within laurel wreath |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ptolemais-Ake | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Israel | Authority: | Antiochus VIII Grypus (Seleucid king, 121/0-97/6 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 121 BCE | to | 113 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.60 | 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. 193-205 | ||
| 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° 2335, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 9, n° 1196 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 21 | 25.61 | 21 | 7.42 | 9, 13, 22, 23, 31, 36, 38, 47, 49, 52, 57, 60, 61, 63, 64, 69, 72, 75, 77, 80, 82 |
| 2 | 16 | 19.51 | 32 | 11.31 | 2, 12, 17, 20, 21, 29, 32, 33, 37, 45, 50, 55, 65, 73, 76, 81 |
| 3 | 17 | 20.73 | 51 | 18.02 | 6, 7, 10, 18, 19, 34, 35, 40, 41, 48, 51, 53, 56, 62, 68, 71, 78 |
| 4 | 10 | 12.2 | 40 | 14.13 | 1, 8, 14, 15, 16, 27, 28, 44, 46, 79 |
| 5 | 4 | 4.88 | 20 | 7.07 | 4, 43, 58, 59 |
| 6 | 3 | 3.66 | 18 | 6.36 | 11, 42, 74 |
| 7 | 3 | 3.66 | 21 | 7.42 | 30, 66, 67 |
| 8 | 2 | 2.44 | 16 | 5.65 | 54, 70 |
| 9 | 1 | 1.22 | 9 | 3.18 | 24 |
| 10 | 2 | 2.44 | 20 | 7.07 | 5, 25 |
| 11 | 2 | 2.44 | 22 | 7.77 | 26, 39 |
| 13 | 1 | 1.22 | 13 | 4.59 | 3 |
| Total | 82 of 82 | 100.01 | 283 of 283 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 82 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 21 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 236 | Number of coins (n) | 283 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.45 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.2 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.88 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 25.61 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 99.43 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,988,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 115.45 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00014 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 92.58% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,692.45 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 33,011 kg <br /> 33,011 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 14,231.12 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation With one ot two moments of crossed die-links
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.
