S 2027 - Ascalon (Alexander II), silver, tetradrachms (126-125 BCE)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 13806


126 BCE - 125 BCE Silver 1,337 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed and draped bust right
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔPOY (Greek).Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm frond in background, to left, AΣ above dove standing left, ZΠP (date) to right, monogram between legs
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Ascalon 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: Alexander II Zabinas (Seleucid king, 128-123 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 126 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 125 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 13.90 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic
Image
S2026 Ascalon Alexander II.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Voulgaridis 20001Voulgaridis 2000, p. 317
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SC II2SC II, n° 2253, HGC 93HGC 9, n° 1151



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 1 50 1 33.33 2
2 1 50 2 66.67 1
Total 2 of 2 100 3 of 3 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 2 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  1
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 2 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 3
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 1.5 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.5
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  4.81 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  96,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 6 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) 66.67% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  1,247.4
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  1,337 kg <br /> 1,337 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  3,118.5
Remarks


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.