Ptolemais-Ake (Cleopatra thea and Antiochus VIII), silver, tetradrachms (124-121 BCE)
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124 BCE - 121 BCE Silver 6,105 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Jugate busts of Kleopatra Thea, diademed, veiled and wearing a stephane, and Antiochos VIII, diademed, to right |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ / ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ / ΘEAΣ - ΚΑΙ / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ (Greek).Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left, to outer left, monogram |
Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| From | 124 BCE | to | 121 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 |
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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.]]1Voulgaridis 2000, p. 175-180 | ||
| 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° 2271, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 9, n° 1182 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 2 | 11.76 | 2 | 2.02 | 2, 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 5.88 | 2 | 2.02 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 11.76 | 6 | 6.06 | 5, 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 11.76 | 8 | 8.08 | 3, 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 5.88 | 5 | 5.05 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 23.53 | 24 | 24.24 | 7, 9, 15, 16 |
| 8 | 1 | 5.88 | 8 | 8.08 | 11 |
| 9 | 1 | 5.88 | 9 | 9.09 | 6 |
| 11 | 1 | 5.88 | 11 | 11.11 | 1 |
| 12 | 2 | 11.76 | 24 | 24.24 | 10, 17 |
| Total | 17 of 17 | 99.97 | 99 of 99 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 17 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 67 | Number of coins (n) | 99 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 5.82 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.48 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 3.94 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 11.76 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 18.39 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 367,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 20.52 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00027 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 97.98% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 10,766.72 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 6,105 kg <br /> 6,105 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 26,916.8 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
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.
