S 1147 - Ecbatana (Antiochus III), bronze (205-200 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8317

205 BCE - 200 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:
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

205 BCE

to

200 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

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. 197-198, n° 951-957
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	1	33.33	1	14.29	2
2	2	66.67	4	57.14	6, 7
Total	3 of 3	100	5 of 7	71.43

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	3	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	1
Number of reverse dies (r)	7	Number of coins (n)	7
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.33	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2.33	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	33.33 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	4.36	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	87,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	5.25	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00008
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	85.71%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	3,211.01
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	8,027.52

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