Tarsus (Antiochus VIII), silver, tetradrachms (112-110 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 14436

112 BCE - 110 BCE Silver 987 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Diademed head right within fillet border
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ (Greek).Sandan standing right on back of horned and winged lion standing right upon garlanded altar with baldachin, two monograms to outer left

Mint and issuing power

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

Tarsus

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Cilicia

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:

Antiochus VIII Grypus (Seleucid king, 121/0-97/6 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

Chronology

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

112 BCE

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

110 BCE

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

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Silver

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

16.40

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard.:

Attic

Image

S2111 Tarsus Antiochus VIII 112-110.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Houghton 19931Houghton 1993, p. 94
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SC II2SC II, n° 2288, HGC 93HGC 9, n° 1198

Obverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	3	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)		Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	35
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	11.67	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) ^ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	3.01	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	60,200
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)	3.28	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00058
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	23,255.81
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	987 kg <br /> 987 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	58,139.53

Remarks

References

^ Houghton, Arthur (1993), "The reigns of Antiochus VIII and Antiochus IX at Antioch and Tarsus", Revue suisse de Numismatique, 72, p. 87-106.
^ 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
^ 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.