Syria (uncertain mint) (Antiochus IX), silver, tetradrachms (114-113 BCE)
From SILVER
114 BCE - 113 BCE Silver 6,380 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed head right within fillet border |
| Reverse: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ (Greek).Athena Nikephoros standing left, to outer left, EP above Θ, all within laurel wreath |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Syria (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Syria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Antiochus IX Cyzicenus (Seleucid king, 114-95 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 114 BCE | to | 113 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.40 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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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.]]1Houghton 1993, p. 100-102 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SC II, n° 2347, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 9, n° 1228 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 13 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 28 | Number of coins (n) | 29 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.23 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.04 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.15 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 30.77 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 19.45 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 389,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 23.56 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 86.21% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,982.01 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 6,380 kg <br /> 6,380 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 7,455.01 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Houghton, Arthur (1993), "The reigns of Antiochus VIII and Antiochus IX at Antioch and Tarsus", Revue suisse de Numismatique, 72, p. 87-106.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine C. - Hoover, Oliver D. (2008), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 2, Seleucus IV through Antiochus XIII, 2 v., New York - Lancaster - London, (xxx), 120 p. of plates : ill., maps, tables
- ^ 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.
