S 1893 - Babylon (Seleucus I), silver, staters (321-315 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 13204


321 BCE - 315 BCE Silver 31,521 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Baal seated left, holding scepter in right hand, left hand on throne
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Lion advancing left, Γ above
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Babylon Ancient regionAncient region.: Mesopotamia Modern countryModern country: Iraq AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Seleucus I Nicator (satrap in 321-305 BC and Seleucid king in 305-281 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 321 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 315 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 15.60 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org, double siglos Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Persian
Image
S1893 Babylon (Seleucus I) staters lion.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Iossif - Lorber 20071Iossif - Lorber 2007, p. 9-11
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1 31 54.39 31 29.52 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 24, 33, 34, 35, 36, 42, 43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55
2 14 24.56 28 26.67 5, 8, 10, 11, 19, 25, 27, 31, 32, 37, 39, 47, 51, 57
3 5 8.77 15 14.29 22, 28, 29, 38, 45
4 5 8.77 20 19.05 20, 23, 40, 41, 56
5 1 1.75 5 4.76 30
6 1 1.75 6 5.71 26
Total 57 of 57 99.99 105 of 105 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 57 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  31
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 84 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 105
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 1.84 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.25
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.47 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  54.39 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  101.03 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  2,020,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 124.69 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00005
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 70.48% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  2,078.59
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  31,521 kg <br /> 31,521 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  5,196.48
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

  1. ^  Iossif, Panagiotis - Lorber, Catharine C. (2007), "Marduk and the lion: a hoard of Babylonian lion staters," in Gh. Moucharte et al. (ed.), Liber amicorum Tony Hackens, Association de numismatique professeur Marcel Hoc, Louvain-la-Neuve, p. 345-363.