S 1418 - Ecbatana (Demetrius I), silver, tetradrachms (162-150 BCE)
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162 BCE - 150 BCE Silver 5,232 kg
Description
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Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ecbatana | Ancient region: | Media | Modern country: Iran | Authority: | Demetrius I Soter (Seleucid king, 162-150 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 162 BCE | to | 150 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.90 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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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. 248-249, no. 1189-1199. | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 9 | Number of coins (n) | 11 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.57 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.22 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.29 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 57.14 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 15.48 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 309,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 19.25 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 63.64% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,421.19 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 5,232 kg <br /> 5,232 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,552.97 |
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 Histoire monétaire et économique, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Bordeaux University.
