Ptolemais-Ake (Demetrius II), silver, tetradrachms (eagle) (128-126 BCE)
From SILVER
128 BCE - 126 BCE Silver 6,381 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Bearded head of Demetrios II facing right, diademed |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (Greek).Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, a monogram on left, date CΠP (dated SE 186 = 127/6 BC) on right |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ptolemais-Ake | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Israel | Authority: | Demetrius II Nicator (Seleucid king, 145-140 and 129-125 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 128 BCE | to | 126 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 13.70 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Ptolemaic |
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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. 157-158 | ||
| 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° 2204, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 9, n° 1124 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 11 | Number of coins (n) | 11 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.38 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.38 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 62.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 23.29 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 465,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 29.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 54.55% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 944.61 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 6,381 kg <br /> 6,381 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 2,361.53 |
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.
