Antioch (Tryphon), silver, tetradrachms (142-139 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 13856


142 BCE - 139 BCE Silver 9,767 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head of Tryphon to right
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / TPYΦΩNOΣ - AYTOKPATOPOΣ (Greek).Spiked Macedonian (or Cretan?) helmet with cheek guard to left, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor, in inner left field, monogram of AP, all within oak wreath
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Antioch Ancient regionAncient region.: Syria 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: Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Tryphon (142-138 BCE)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 142 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 139 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 16.60 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic
Image
S2034 Antioch Tryphon.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Houghton 19911Houghton 1991, p. 92-93 (Table 6)
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear II2Sear II, n° 7085, SC II3SC II, n° 2031, HGC 94HGC 9, n° 1055



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 9 42.86 9 17.31 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 19
2 7 33.33 14 26.92 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14
3 2 9.52 6 11.54 4, 16
5 1 4.76 5 9.62 20
6 1 4.76 6 11.54 15
12 1 4.76 12 23.08 21
Total 21 of 21 99.99 52 of 52 100.01
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 21 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  9
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 52
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 2.48 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  42.86 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  29.42 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  588,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 35.23 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00009
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 82.69% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  3,535.01
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  9,767 kg <br /> 9,767 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  8,837.53
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Houghton, Arthur (1991), "The Antioch Project," in William E. Metcalf (ed.), Mnemata : papers in memory of Nancy M. Waggoner, New York, p. 73-97
  2. ^  Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
  3. ^  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
  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.