S 971 - Uncertain mint, silver, tetradrachm, 83-70 BC

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 9287

83 - 70 Silver 0 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of the king Tigranes right, wearing Armenian royal tiara decorated with a line of pearls and under, a star between eagles, and tied with a diadem. All within bead-and-reel border.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ TIΓΡΑΝΟΥ (Greek).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Uncertain mint

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Modern countryModern country: unknown

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:

Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

83

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

70

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	Silver	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:	tetradrachm	StandardStandard.:
Mode weightMode of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).:	15,6-15,7<ul><li>No units of measurement were declared for this property.</li> <!--br--><li>",6-15,7" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.</li></ul>

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Moushegian - Depeyrot 19991Moushegian - Depeyrot 1999, p. 196-198, no. 4-12).
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Obverse dies distribution

FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ^ᵖ	Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	% (n)	Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1	6	37.5	6	6.9
2	5	31.25	10	11.49
3	1	6.25	3	3.45
6	1	6.25	6	6.9
8	2	12.5	16	18.39
12	2	12.5	24	27.59
22	1	6.25	22	25.29
Total	18 of 16	112.5	87 of 87	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	16	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	6
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	68	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	87
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	5.44	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.28
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	4.25	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	37.5 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	17.51	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	350,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ^ᵖ (O)	19.61	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00025
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	93.1%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	9,937.18
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ^ᵖ	0 kg <br /> 0 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	24,842.95

Remarks

References

^ Moushegian - Depeyrot 1999