S 970 - Antioch (Tigranes II), silver, tetradrachms (83-70 BCE)
From SILVER
83 BCE - 70 BCE Silver 6,047 kg
Description
| 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. |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ TIΓΡΑΝΟΥ (Greek). |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Antioch | Ancient region: | Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 83 BCE | to | 70 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 15.60 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Moushegian - Depeyrot 1999, p. 192-195, no. 1-3). | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 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 obverses ᵖ (o) | 19 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 128 | Number of coins (n) | 181 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 9.53 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.41 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 6.74 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 15.79 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 19.38 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 387,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 21.23 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00047 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 98.34% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 18,679.05 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 6,047 kg <br /> 6,047 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 46,697.63 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Moushegian - Depeyrot 1999
