Ptolemais-Ake (Tryphon), silver, tetradrachms (142-138 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 13749


142 BCE - 138 BCE Silver 11,645 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed and draped bust of Tryphon to right
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ - TPYΦΩNOΣ / AYTOKPATOPOΣ (Greek).Eagle, wings closed, standing left on thunderbolt, in field to left, monogram of ΠA, to upper right, LΔ
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: 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.. 138 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 13.70 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic
Image
S2013 Ptolemais Tryphon.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Voulgaridis 20001Voulgaridis 2000, p. 125-127
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SC II2SC II, n° 2046.2c



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 11 64.71 11 44 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16
2 4 23.53 8 32 3, 7, 11, 17
3 2 11.76 6 24 13, 14
Total 17 of 17 100 25 of 25 100
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.  11
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 18 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 25
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 1.47 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.39
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.06 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  64.71 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  42.5 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  850,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 53.13 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 56% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  1,176.47
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  11,645 kg <br /> 11,645 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  2,941.18
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