S 1406 - Ecbatana (Antiochus IV), silver, hemidrachms (175-164 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9221

175 BCE - 164 BCE Silver 4,941 kg

Description

Obverse:
Reverse:

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

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

2.10

Denomination:

hemidrachm

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. 233, no. 1155-1156.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	2	100	2	100	1, 2
Total	2 of 2	100	2 of 2	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

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	4,941 kg <br /> 4,941 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	85

Remarks