S 970 - Antioch (Tigranes II), silver, tetradrachms (83-70 BCE)
From SILVER
83 BCE - 70 BCE Silver 6,047 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of the king Tigranes right, wearing Armenian royal tiara decorated with a line of pearls and under, a star between eagles, and tied with a diadem. All within bead-and-reel border. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ TIΓΡΑΝΟΥ (Greek). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Antioch | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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: | Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 83 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 70 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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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.: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: | Attic |
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Moushegian - Depeyrot 19991Moushegian - Depeyrot 1999, p. 192-195, no. 1-3). | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | |||
Obverse dies distribution
| FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ | Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | % (n) | Die nameName(s) of the die(s). |
| 1 | 3 | 15.79 | 3 | 1.66 | |
| 2 | 4 | 21.05 | 8 | 4.42 | |
| 3 | 1 | 5.26 | 3 | 1.66 | |
| 4 | 1 | 5.26 | 4 | 2.21 | |
| 5 | 1 | 5.26 | 5 | 2.76 | |
| 6 | 1 | 5.26 | 6 | 3.31 | |
| 8 | 1 | 5.26 | 8 | 4.42 | |
| 14 | 2 | 10.53 | 28 | 15.47 | |
| 17 | 1 | 5.26 | 17 | 9.39 | |
| 18 | 1 | 5.26 | 18 | 9.94 | |
| 20 | 1 | 5.26 | 20 | 11.05 | |
| 27 | 1 | 5.26 | 27 | 14.92 | |
| 34 | 1 | 5.26 | 34 | 18.78 | |
| Total | 19 of 19 | 99.97 | 181 of 181 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 19 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 128 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 181 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 9.53 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.41 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 6.74 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 15.79 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 19.38 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 387,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ᵖ (O) | 21.23 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00047 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 98.34% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 18,679.05 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ᵖ | 6,047 kg <br /> 6,047 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 46,697.63 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Moushegian - Depeyrot 1999
