S 1393 - Ecbatana (Vologases V), silver, drachms (191-208 CE)
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191 CE - 208 CE Silver 2,574 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Bust of the king right or facing, wearing diadem. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | Unreadable King seated right, wearing diadem, holding bow. In the right field, A. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ecbatana | Ancient region: | Media | Modern country: Iran | Authority: | Parthian Empire, Vologases V (king of Parthia, c. 191-208 AD) |
Chronology
| From | 191 CE | to | 208 CE | Period: Roman from 30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 3.60 | Denomination: | drachm | 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. 864-872, no. 6622-6731. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 14 | 46.67 | 14 | 12.73 | D4, D5, D6, D15, D17, D18, D20, D21, D22, D23, D25, D28, D29, D30 |
| 2 | 5 | 16.67 | 10 | 9.09 | D3, D9, D10, D16, D19 |
| 3 | 1 | 3.33 | 3 | 2.73 | D8 |
| 4 | 2 | 6.67 | 8 | 7.27 | D1, D7 |
| 7 | 4 | 13.33 | 28 | 25.45 | D2, D11, D13, D26 |
| 17 | 1 | 3.33 | 17 | 15.45 | D14 |
| 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 24.55 | |
| Total | 30 of 30 | 100 | 107 of 110 | 97.27 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 30 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 14 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 26 | Number of coins (n) | 110 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.67 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 4.23 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.87 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 46.67 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 35.75 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 715,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 41.25 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00015 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 87.27% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,153.85 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 2,574 kg <br /> 2,574 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 15,384.62 |
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.
