Susa (Seleucus I), silver, hemidrachms (helmeted head/Nike and trophy) (301-295 BCE)
From SILVER
301 BCE - 295 BCE Silver 588 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Seleucus I Nikator right, wearing a helmet covered by a panther skin, with ears and horns of a bull, a panther skin around the neck. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ (Greek).Nike right crowning a trophee. Between them, a monogram, AX or ΔI. In the field, H or a monogram. Border of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Susa | Ancient region: | Mesopotamia | Modern country: Iran | Authority: | Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Seleucus I Nicator (satrap in 321-305 BC and Seleucid king in 305-281 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 301 BCE | to | 295 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.90 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
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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.]]1Marest-Caffey 2016, p. 45, n° 254-264 (Group 3) | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2ESM, n° 419. SC I, n° 175, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 9, n° 49 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 8 | Number of coins (n) | 11 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.57 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.38 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.14 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 57.14 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 15.48 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 309,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 19.25 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 63.64% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,421.19 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 588 kg <br /> 588 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,552.97 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Marest-Caffey, Laure (2016), "Seleukos I's Victory Coinage of Susa Revisited: A Die Study and Commentary", American Journal of Numismatic, 28, p. 1-64.
- ^ Newell, Edawrd T. (1938), The coinage of the eastern Seleucid mints, from Seleucus I to Antiochus III, Numismatic Studies 1, New York, 307 p., LVI 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.
