S 1349 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), bronze, tetrachalka (145-138 BCE)
From SILVER
145 BCE - 138 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Bust of the king right, wearing diadem. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ (Greek).Several types: 1) Nike driving biga right. Border of dots (series II), 2) Forepart of horse right (series III), 3) Head of elephant right (series IV), 4) Quiver (series V), 5) Dioscouroi riding right (series VI). |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ecbatana | Ancient region: | Media | Modern country: Iran | Authority: | Parthian Empire, Mithridates I (king of the Parthian Empire, 171-138 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 145 BCE | to | 138 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Denomination: | tetrachalkon
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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. 274-275, no. 1317-1325. | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 9 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.8 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.29 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.4 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.11 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 182,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 11.25 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,975.85 |
| 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 | 4,939.63 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Boillet, Pierre-Yves (2009), Ecbatane et la Médie d’Alexandre aux Arsacides (c. 331 a.C. - c. 224 p.C.). Histoire monétaire et économique, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Bordeaux University.
