S 611 - Salamis (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (180-170 BCE)
From SILVER
180 BCE - 170 BCE Silver 3,796 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Ptolemy I Soter to right, wearing diadem and aegis around neck. |
| Reverse: | ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΣΟΤΗΡΟΣ (Greek).Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt. In field, date and 1) pilei and a diademed petasos or a thyrsos, 2) Isis crown (and a star) or 3) Horus crown. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Salamis | Ancient region: | Cyprus | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy VI Philometor (Ptolemaic king, 180-145 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 180 BCE | to | 170 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 14.10 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Ptolemaic |
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.]]1Olivier 2012, p. 60-79, n° 243-299. | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 12 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 28 | Number of coins (n) | 57 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 4.75 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.04 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.33 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 41.67 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 13.46 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 269,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 15.2 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00021 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 91.23% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 8,469.54 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 3,796 kg <br /> 3,796 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 21,173.85 |
Remarks
Likely military
References
- ^ Olivier, Julien (2012), Archè et Chrèmata en Egypte au IIe siècle avant J.-C. (204-81 av. J.-C.). Etude de numismatique et d'histoire, [Unpublished doctoral dissertation], Orléans University, 2012.
