S 1364 - Ecbatana (Mithridates III), bronze (87-80 BCE)

87 BCE - 80 BCE Bronze

Obverse:	Bust of the king left, wearing diadem. Border of dots.
Reverse:	ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (Greek).Several types: 1) Horse right. In the right field, A (series I), 2) Horse protome right. In the right field, A (series II).

Media

87 BCE

80 BCE

Period: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Bronze

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. 316-317, no. 1561-1562.
Coin series reference:

no distribution is available

Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	2
Number of reverse dies (r)	2	Number of coins (n)	2
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	117.65	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	2,353,000
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

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 Histoire monétaire et économique, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Bordeaux University.