S 1293 - Artaxata

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8464

96 BCE - 55 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:
Reverse:

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Artaxata

Ancient region:

Armenia

Modern country: Armenia

Authority:

Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)

Chronology

From

96 BCE

to

55 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

3.10

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.]]1Nercessian 2006, p. 102-103.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	4	100	4	100	a43, a44, a45, a46
Total	4 of 4	100	4 of 4	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	4	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	4
Number of reverse dies (r)	4	Number of coins (n)	4
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	100 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	235.29	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	4,705,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)		Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00000
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	0%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	34
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	85

Remarks