Susa (Seleucus I), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (311-305 BCE)
From SILVER
311 BCE - 305 BCE Silver 13,082 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin |
| Reverse: | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ - BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Greek).Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, anchor and kantharos in left field above monogram, Σ above strut of throne, ΘΕ below |
Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| From | 311 BCE | to | 305 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 17.10 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
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.]]1Kritt 1997, p. 5-10 | ||
| 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° 284, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Price 1991, n° 3863, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4SC I, n° 164, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5HGC 9, n° 10 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 25 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 12 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 44 | Number of coins (n) | 54 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.16 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.23 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.76 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 48 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 38.25 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 765,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 46.55 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 77.78% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,823.53 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 13,082 kg <br /> 13,082 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 7,058.82 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Kritt, Brian (1997), The Early Seleucid Mint of Susa, Lancaster, xviii, 202 p.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 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.
