S 1261 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Euthydemus II), silver, obols (180 BCE)
From SILVER
180 BCE - 180 BCE Silver 211 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of king Euthydemus right, wearing diadem. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ (Greek).Heracles, standing facing, wearing wreath, naked, holding wreath with right hand, club and lion skin over left arm. In left field, monogram. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Bactria (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Bactria | Modern country: Afghanistan | Authority: | Bactrian Kingdom, Euthydemus II (Indo-Greek king, c. 180 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 180 BCE | to | 180 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.70 | Denomination: | obol
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Standard: | Attic |
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Glenn 2020, p. 301-302, no. 1-22. | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 10 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 6 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 19 | Number of coins (n) | 22 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.2 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.16 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.9 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 60 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 15.1 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 302,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 18.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 72.73% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,913.91 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 211 kg <br /> 211 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 7,284.77 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Glenn, Simon (2020), Money and Power in Hellenistic Bactria: Euthydemus I to Antimachus I, Numismatic Studies 43, New York, 2020, 394 p., 106 pl.
