S 1269 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Pantaleon), bronze (190-180 BCE)
From SILVER
190 BCE - 180 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Rajane Patalevasa (transcription from Brahmi).Female (deity?) left, holding flower. |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΑΝΤΑΛΕΟΝΤΟΣ (Greek).Lion standing right. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Bactria (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Bactria | Modern country: Afghanistan | Authority: | Bactrian Kingdom, Pantaleon (Indo-Greek king, c. 190-180 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 190 BCE | to | 180 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 11.80 | Denomination: | Unknown 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.]]1Glenn 2020, p. 310-312, no. 1-34. | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 16 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 10 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 24 | Number of coins (n) | 34 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.13 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.42 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.5 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 62.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 24.77 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 495,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 30.22 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 70.59% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,745.26 |
| 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 | 6,863.14 |
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.
