S 1360 - Ecbatana (Darius I), bronze (75-65 BCE)
From SILVER
75 BCE - 65 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Bust of the king facing, wearing diadem. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | Several legends: 1) ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ ; 2) ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ ΦΙΛOΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ (Greek).Several types: 1) Horse right In the left field, A (series I and III), 2) Nike right, holding crown (series II), 3) Elephant right (series IV). |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ecbatana | Ancient region: | Media | Modern country: Iran | Authority: | Parthian Empire, Darius I of Media Atropatene (king of the Parthian Empire, c. 70 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 75 BCE | to | 65 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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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.]]1Boillet 2009, p. 293-294, no. 1390-1402. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 5 | 62.5 | 5 | 38.46 | D2 (series I), D3 (series I), D2 (series III), D4 (series IV) |
| 2 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 30.77 | D1 (series I), D1 (series III) |
| 4 | 1 | 12.5 | 4 | 30.77 | D1 (series II) |
| Total | 8 of 8 | 100 | 13 of 13 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 10 | Number of coins (n) | 13 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.63 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.3 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.25 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 62.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 16.76 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 335,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 20.8 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 61.54% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,551.31 |
| 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 | 3,878.28 |
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.
