Ptolemais-Ake (Seleucus IV), silver, tetradrachms (180-175 BCE)
From SILVER
180 BCE - 175 BCE Silver 335 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed head right |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left (Greek).Apollo Delphios, nude, seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right, palm frond to outer left, monogram to inner left, IA in exergue |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ptolemais-Ake | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Israel | Authority: | Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Seleucus IV Philopator (Seleucid king, 187-175 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 180 BCE | to | 175 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 17.10 | 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. 10-11 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 9, n° 580a, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3SC I, n° 1331 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 19 | 1 | 100 | 19 | 100 | 1 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 19 of 19 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 12 | Number of coins (n) | 19 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 19 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.58 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 12 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 0.98 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 19,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.06 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00097 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 38,775.51 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 335 kg <br /> 335 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 96,938.78 |
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.
