S 1595 - Babylon (Seleucus I), silver, tetradrachms (309-303 BCE)
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309 BCE - 303 BCE Silver 27,617 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin |
| Reverse: | ΒAΣIΛEΩΣ - AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek).Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, anchor and monogram to left, Π below throne |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Babylon | Ancient region: | Mesopotamia | Modern country: Iraq | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Seleucus I Nicator (satrap in 321-305 BC and Seleucid king in 305-281 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 309 BCE | to | 303 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 17.10 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Taylor 2022 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Price 1991, n° 3349, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 9, n° 10g, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4SC I, n° C94.7d | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 26 | 38.81 | 26 | 11.02 | 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 18, 22, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 36, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 53, 57, 62, 65, 67 |
| 3 | 5 | 7.46 | 15 | 6.36 | 2, 11, 35, 51, 63 |
| 4 | 5 | 7.46 | 20 | 8.47 | 13, 27, 29, 55, 58 |
| 6 | 7 | 10.45 | 42 | 17.8 | 7, 21, 23, 33, 40, 49, 66 |
| 7 | 5 | 7.46 | 35 | 14.83 | 9, 31, 34, 46, 47 |
| 8 | 3 | 4.48 | 24 | 10.17 | 20, 54, 61 |
| 9 | 1 | 1.49 | 9 | 3.81 | 37 |
| 10 | 1 | 1.49 | 10 | 4.24 | 64 |
| 11 | 2 | 2.99 | 22 | 9.32 | 38, 60 |
| 2 | 9 | 13.43 | 18 | 7.63 | 4, 15, 16, 17, 19, 50, 52, 56, 59 |
| 5 | 3 | 4.48 | 15 | 6.36 | 14, 24, 45 |
| Total | 67 of 67 | 100 | 236 of 236 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 67 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 26 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 192 | Number of coins (n) | 236 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.52 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.23 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.87 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 38.81 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 80.75 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,615,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 93.56 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00015 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 88.98% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,845.2 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 27,617 kg <br /> 27,617 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 14,613 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Taylor, Lloyd W. H. (2022), "The Anchor Alexanders of Babylon II", American Journal of Numismatics, 34, p. 1-37, pl. 1-10.
- ^ Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2009), Handbook of ancient Syrian coins : royal and civic issues, fourth to first centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage 9, Lancaster, lxix, 332 p.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.
