S 1271 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Agathocles), silver, drachms (190-180 BCE)
From SILVER
190 BCE - 180 BCE Silver 1,711 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of king Agathocles right, wearing diadem. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (DΙKAΙΟY) ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Greek).Zeus standing facing, wearing drapery, holding scepter in left hand and Hecate with two torches on outstreched right hand. In left field, monogram. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Bactria (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Bactria | Modern country: Afghanistan | Authority: | Agathocles Dikaios (Indo-Greek king, c. 190-180 BC), Bactrian Kingdom |
Chronology
| From | 190 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 | 4.00 | Denomination: | drachma
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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. 326-327, no. 1-22. | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 12 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 13 | Number of coins (n) | 22 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.83 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.69 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.08 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 33.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 21.39 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 427,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 26.4 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 81.82% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,057.04 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,711 kg <br /> 1,711 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 5,142.59 |
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.
