S 102 - Artaxata (Tigranes III), silver, hemidrachms (20-8 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8301

20 BCE - 8 BCE Silver 34 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of the king Tigranes to right, bearded and wearing the royal diademed tiara with a star, within a circle of perles et pirouettes.
Reverse:	ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ MEΓΑΛΟΥ TIΓΡΑΝΟΥ (Greek).Nike to the left, wearing a long tunic.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Artaxata

Ancient region:

Armenia

Modern country: Armenia

Authority:

Armenian kingdom, Tigranes III of Armenia (Artaxiad king, 20-8 BC)

Chronology

From

20 BCE

to

8 BCE

Period: Roman from 30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

1.05

Denomination:

hemidrachm

Standard:

Attic

Image

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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.]]1Nercessian 2006, p. 114
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
2	1	100	2	100	1
Total	1 of 1	100	2 of 2	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	1	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0
Number of reverse dies (r)	1	Number of coins (n)	2
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	1.62	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	32,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	2	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	100%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,469.14
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	34 kg <br /> 34 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	6,172.84

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation