Antioch (Antiochus IV), silver, tetradrachms (169-164 BCE)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 8070


169 BCE - 164 BCE Silver 10,962 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head right.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ NIKHΦOPOY (Greek).BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKEΦOPOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated left, monogram to outer left.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Antioch Ancient regionAncient region.: Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Seleucid king, 175-164 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 169 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 164 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 16.65 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic
Image
H288 Antiochos IV Epiphane.jpeg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Mørkholm 19631Mørkholm 1963
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear II2Sear II, n° 6978, RQEMH3RQEMH, n° 288, HGC 94HGC 9, n° 620



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1 8 28.57 8 7.41 27, 37, 38, 45, 49, 50, 51, 53
2 4 14.29 8 7.41 33, 39, 44, 48
3 4 14.29 12 11.11 35, 40, 41, 52
4 5 17.86 20 18.52 29, 30, 32, 43, 47
5 1 3.57 5 4.63 42
6 1 3.57 6 5.56 31
7 1 3.57 7 6.48 36
8 1 3.57 8 7.41 20
11 2 7.14 22 20.37 28, 46
12 1 3.57 12 11.11 34
Total 28 of 28 100 108 of 108 100.01
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 28 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  8
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 98 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 108
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 3.86 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.1
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 3.5 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  28.57 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  32.92 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  658,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 37.8 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00016
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 92.59% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  6,561.36
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  10,962 kg <br /> 10,962 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  16,403.4
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

  1. ^  Morkholm, Otto (1963), Studies in the Coinage of Antiochos IV of Syria, Copenhague.
  2. ^  Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
  3. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
  4. ^  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.