Tigranocerta (Tigranes II), silver, tetradrachms (Tigranes/seated Tyche) (80-68 BCE) Callataÿ

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8102

80 BCE - 68 BCE Silver 17,032 kg

Description

Obverse:	Draped bust to right, wearing Armenian tiara with five peaks and emblazoned with star between two eagles, bead and reel border around
Reverse:	ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ TIΓΡΑΝΟΥ (Greek).Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rock pile, holding palm, river god Orontes swimming below to right, Θ to inner right, ΔH monogram to lower left, all within laurel wreath

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Tigranocerta

Ancient region:

Armenia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)

Chronology

From

80 BCE

to

68 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

15.60

Denomination:

tetradrachm

Standard:

Attic

Image

]]H309 Tigranes Callataÿ.jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Callataÿ 1997a
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMH, n° 309, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Nercessian 2006
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tigranes ii armenia.tigranocerta.kovacs.2016.71-76

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	17	34.69	17	7.05	9, 14, 15, 21, 29, 31, 33, 36, 37, 41, 42, 44, 45, 1, 2, 3, 4
2	8	16.33	16	6.64	3, 5, 8, 22, 24, 26, 28, 34
3	6	12.24	18	7.47	4, 6, 11, 16, 20, 35
5	4	8.16	20	8.3	12, 32, 39, 43
6	2	4.08	12	4.98	7, 27
8	1	2.04	8	3.32	10
9	2	4.08	18	7.47	18, 38
11	2	4.08	22	9.13	13, 40
13	1	2.04	13	5.39	1
15	2	4.08	30	12.45	23, 30
16	2	4.08	32	13.28	2, 25
17	1	2.04	17	7.05	17
18	1	2.04	18	7.47	19
Total	49 of 49	99.98	241 of 241	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	49	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	17
Number of reverse dies (r)	192	Number of coins (n)	241
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4.92	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.26
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	3.92	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	34.69 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	54.59	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	1,091,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	61.51	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00022
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	92.95%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	8,829.46
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	17,032 kg <br /> 17,032 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	22,073.64

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Certainly military