S 1414 - Ecbatana (Timarchus), bronze, tetrachalka (164-160 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9438

164 BCE - 160 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:
Reverse:

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Ecbatana

Ancient region:

Media

Modern country: Iran

Authority:

Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Timarchus (satrap of Media in c. 175-163 BC and Seleucid usurper in 162-161 BC)

Chronology

From

164 BCE

to

160 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Denomination:

tetrachalkon

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. 243-244, no. 1178-1180.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	3	100	3	100	1, 2, 3
Total	3 of 3	100	3 of 3	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	3	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	3
Number of reverse dies (r)	3	Number of coins (n)	3
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	176.47	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	3,529,400
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

Remarks