Tyre (Seleucid kings), silver, tetradrachms (152-125 BCE)
From SILVER
152 BCE - 125 BCE Silver 75,109 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed and draped bust of Antiochos VII to right |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ANTIOXOY (Greek).Eagle standing left on prow, wings closed and with palm frond behind, to left, club surmounted by city monogram, above club, A/PE, to right, monogram of AΣY above ΞΟΡ (date), between the eagle's legs, monogram |
Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| From | 152 BCE | to | 125 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.80 | 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.]]1Iossif 2011, p. 215 | ||
| 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° 2109, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 9, n° 1074 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 185 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 646 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.49 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 223.54 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 4,470,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 259.24 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00014 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,779.73 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 75,109 kg <br /> 75,109 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 14,449.32 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Iossif, Panagiotis (2011), "Seleucid 'Eagles' from Tyre and Sidon: preliminary results of a die-study", in N. Holmes (ed.), Proceedings of the XIVth International Numismatic Congress, Glasgow 2009, Glasgow, p. 213-229.
- ^ 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.
