Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus VIII), silver, tetradrachms (121-113 BCE)
From SILVER
121 BCE - 113 BCE Silver 33,011 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the 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
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Ptolemais-Ake | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Phoenicia | Modern countryModern country: Israel | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: | Antiochus VIII Grypus (Seleucid king, 121/0-97/6 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 121 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 113 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
|
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
|
Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 16.60 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | tetradrachm
|
StandardStandard.: | Attic |
Image
S2022 Ptolemais Antiochus VIII tetradrachm.jpg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Voulgaridis 20001Voulgaridis 2000, p. 193-205 | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SC II2SC II, n° 2335, HGC 93HGC 9, n° 1196 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ | Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | % (n) | Die nameName(s) of the die(s). |
| 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 obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 82 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 21 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 236 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 283 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 3.45 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.2 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 2.88 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 25.61 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 99.43 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 1,988,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ᵖ (O) | 115.45 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00014 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 92.58% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 5,692.45 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ᵖ | 33,011 kg <br /> 33,011 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 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.
