Tarsus (Pharnabazus), silver, double sigloi (Baaltars/Ares) (378-373 BCE)
From SILVER
378 BCE - 373 BCE Silver 30,577 kg
Description
| Obverse: | BALTRZ (ie. Baal) (Aramaic).Baaltars seated on a diphros (stool) on the left, bearded, wearing a laurel wreath, draped, left arm resting on the diphros (stool), holding a scepter surmounted by a lotus flower. |
| Reverse: | PRNBZW (ie. Pharnabazus) (Aramaic).Bust of Ares on left, bearded, wearing a crested Attic helmet. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Tarsus | Ancient region: | Cilicia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Persian Empire, Pharnabazus II (Achaemenid Persian Satrap in Asia Minor, c. 413-374 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 378 BCE | to | 373 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 10.60 | Denomination: | double siglos
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Standard: | Persian |
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.]]1Moysey 1986, Issue 2 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMAC, n° 274 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 43 | 71.67 | 43 | 47.78 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 57, 58, 60 |
| 2 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 26.67 | 10, 16, 20, 29, 30, 35, 39, 42, 47, 54, 55, 56 |
| 3 | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | 3.33 | 36 |
| 4 | 1 | 1.67 | 4 | 4.44 | 59 |
| 5 | 2 | 3.33 | 10 | 11.11 | 19, 46 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.67 | 6 | 6.67 | 28 |
| Total | 60 of 60 | 100.01 | 90 of 90 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 60 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 43 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 74 | Number of coins (n) | 90 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.22 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.23 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 71.67 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 144.23 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 2,884,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 180 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 52.22% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,248.01 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 30,577 kg <br /> 30,577 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,120.02 |
Remarks
Certainly military
References
- ^ Moysey, Robert A. (1986), "The Silver Issues of Pharnabazos and Datames from the Mint of Tarsus in Cilicia", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes, 31, p. 7-61, pl. 1-5.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
