S 1405 - Ecbatana (Antiochus IV), silver, drachms (175-164 BCE)
From SILVER
175 BCE - 164 BCE Silver 4,062 kg
Description
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Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ecbatana | Ancient region: | Media | Modern country: Iran | Authority: | Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Seleucid king, 175-164 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 175 BCE | to | 164 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 4.00 | Denomination: | drachma
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Standard: | Attic |
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. 225-233, no. 1102-1154. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 16 | 55.17 | 16 | 29.63 | D3, D4, D9, D10, D13, D16, D17, D18, D22, D23, D24, D25, D26, D27, D28, D29 |
| 2 | 7 | 24.14 | 14 | 25.93 | D2, D5, D12, D14, D15, D19, D21 |
| 3 | 2 | 6.9 | 6 | 11.11 | D6, D8 |
| 4 | 3 | 10.34 | 12 | 22.22 | D7, D11, D20 |
| 5 | 1 | 3.45 | 5 | 9.26 | D1 |
| Total | 29 of 29 | 100 | 53 of 54 | 98.15 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 29 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 16 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 48 | Number of coins (n) | 54 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.86 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.13 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.66 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 55.17 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 50.77 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,015,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 62.64 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 70.37% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,127.24 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 4,062 kg <br /> 4,062 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 5,318.1 |
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.
