Ptolemais-Ake (Demetrius II), silver, tetradrachms (128-126 BCE)
From SILVER
128 BCE - 126 BCE Silver 2,912 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head right |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ / ΘΕΟΥ - ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ (Greek).Zeus Nikephoros seated left, M below throne, EΠP (date) and monogram in exergue |
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: | Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Demetrius II Nicator (Seleucid king, 145-140 and 129-125 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 128 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 126 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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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
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StandardStandard.: | Attic |
Image
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References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Voulgaridis 20001Voulgaridis 2000, p. 155-157 | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SC II2SC II, n° 2201, HGC 93HGC 9, n° 1117 | ||
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 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 2.33 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 13.95 | 1, 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 12.5 | 5 | 11.63 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | 12.5 | 7 | 16.28 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 24 | 55.81 | 4, 5, 7 |
| Total | 8 of 8 | 100 | 43 of 43 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 25 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 43 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 5.38 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.72 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 3.13 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 12.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 8.77 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 175,400 |
| 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) | 9.83 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00025 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 97.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 9,806.16 |
| 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 | 2,912 kg <br /> 2,912 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 24,515.39 |
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.
