Tyre (Seleucid kings), silver, tetradrachms (152-125 BCE)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 8814


152 BCE - 125 BCE Silver 75,109 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed and draped bust of Antiochos VII to right
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ANTIOXOY (Greek).Eagle standing left on prow, wings closed and with palm frond behind, to left, club surmounted by city monogram, above club, A/PE, to right, monogram of AΣY above ΞΟΡ (date), between the eagle's legs, monogram
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Tyre Ancient regionAncient region.: Phoenicia Modern countryModern country: Lebanon 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 I Balas (Seleucid king, 152-145 BC), Antiochus VII Euergetes (Seleucid king, 138-129 BC), Demetrius II Nicator (Seleucid king, 145-140 and 129-125 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 152 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 16.80 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic
Image
S471 Tyre seleucids.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Iossif 20111Iossif 2011, p. 215
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SC II2SC II, n° 2109, HGC 93HGC 9, n° 1074
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:



Obverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 185 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. 
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 646
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 3.49 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)  %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  223.54 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  4,470,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 259.24 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00014
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) % Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  5,779.73
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  75,109 kg <br /> 75,109 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  14,449.32
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Iossif, Panagiotis (2011), "Seleucid 'Eagles' from Tyre and Sidon: preliminary results of a die-study", in N. Holmes (ed.), Proceedings of the XIVth International Numismatic Congress, Glasgow 2009, Glasgow, p. 213-229.
  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.