S 1142 - Ecbatana (Antiochus III), bronze (215-209 BCE)
From SILVER
215 BCE - 209 BCE Bronze
Description
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| Reverse: |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ecbatana | Ancient region: | Media | Modern country: Iran | Authority: | Antiochus III the Great (Seleucid king, 222-187 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 215 BCE | to | 209 BCE | 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. 187-191, no. 892-918. | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 20 | Number of coins (n) | 25 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.57 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.25 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.86 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 14.29 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 8.4 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 168,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 9.72 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00015 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 96% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,952.38 |
| 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 | 14,880.95 |
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 Histoire monétaire et économique, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Bordeaux University.
