S 2030 - Ascalon (Antiochus IX), silver, tetradrachms (114-112 BCE)
From SILVER
114 BCE - 112 BCE Silver 77,648 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed and draped bust right |
| Reverse: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ (Greek).Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm frond over right wing, to left, AΣ above dove standing left above (ΠΛ monogram)A, Σ (date) to right. SC 2395.2 corr. (monogram) |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ascalon | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Israel | Authority: | Antiochus IX Cyzicenus (Seleucid king, 114-95 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 114 BCE | to | 112 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 13.20 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Ptolemaic |
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Voulgaridis 2000, p. 339 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 9, n° 1236 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 5 | 100 | 5 | 100 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Total | 5 of 5 | 100 | 5 of 5 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 5 |
| 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 | 294.12 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 5,882,400 |
| 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 | 77,648 kg <br /> 77,648 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 85 |
Remarks
There are also 2 didrachms struck with 2 obverses and 2 reverses
References
- ^ Voulgaridis, Georges (2000), Les ateliers monetaires de ptolemais-'Akko et d'Ascalon sous la domination seleucide, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg, 2 vol., 448 p., 37 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.
