S 1139 - Ecbatana - supposed authority, bronze, 205-200 BC
From SILVER
205 - 200 Bronze
Description
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| Reverse: |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ecbatana - supposed authority | Ancient region: | Modern country: | Authority: | Antiochus III the Great (Seleucid king, 223-187 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 205 | to | 200 | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Denomination: | Standard: |
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Boillet 2009, p. 181-182, no. 859-865. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 2 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 28.57 | D3 |
| 3 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 42.86 | D1 |
| 1 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 28.57 | D2, D4 |
| Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 7 of 7 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 4 | Number of coins (n) | 7 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.75 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.75 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 7.55 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 151,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 9.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 71.43% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,854.3 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,635.76 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Boillet, Pierre-Yves (2009), Ecbatane et la Médie d’Alexandre aux Arsacides (c. 331 a.C. - c. 224 p.C.). Histoire monétaire et économique, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Bordeaux University.
