Ptolemais-Ake (Cleopatra thea and Antiochus VIII), silver, tetradrachms (124-121 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 13767


124 BCE - 121 BCE Silver 6,105 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Jugate busts of Kleopatra Thea, diademed, veiled and wearing a stephane, and Antiochos VIII, diademed, to right
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ / ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ / ΘEAΣ - ΚΑΙ / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ (Greek).Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left, to outer left, monogram
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Ptolemais-Ake Ancient regionAncient region.: Phoenicia Modern countryModern country: Israel 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 VIII Grypus (Seleucid king, 121/0-97/6 BC), Cleopatra Thea (Seleucid queen, 150-121 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 124 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 121 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
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References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Voulgaridis 20001Voulgaridis 2000, p. 175-180
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SC II2SC II, n° 2271, HGC 93HGC 9, n° 1182



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 2 11.76 2 2.02 2, 4
2 1 5.88 2 2.02 12
3 2 11.76 6 6.06 5, 13
4 2 11.76 8 8.08 3, 8
5 1 5.88 5 5.05 14
6 4 23.53 24 24.24 7, 9, 15, 16
8 1 5.88 8 8.08 11
9 1 5.88 9 9.09 6
11 1 5.88 11 11.11 1
12 2 11.76 24 24.24 10, 17
Total 17 of 17 99.97 99 of 99 99.99
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 17 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  2
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 67 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 99
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 5.82 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.48
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 3.94 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  11.76 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  18.39 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  367,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 20.52 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00027
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 97.98% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  10,766.72
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  6,105 kg <br /> 6,105 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  26,916.8
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

  1. ^  Voulgaridis, Georges (2000), Les ateliers monetaires de ptolemais-'Akko et d'Ascalon sous la domination seleucide, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg, 2 vol., 448 p., 37 pl.
  2. ^  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
  3. ^  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.