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{{Die Study | {{Die Study | ||
|Image=S269 Seleuceia pieria.jpg | |||
|Image reference=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2136497&AucID=5115&Lot=270 | |||
|Obverse description=Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right | |||
|Reverse legend=ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ above, BI (date) and ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ below, I to lower right | |||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |Reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Reverse description=Filleted thunderbolt on throne; ΔI (date) below, monogram to lower right; all within wreath | |||
|Mint=Seleuceia Pieria | |Mint=Seleuceia Pieria | ||
|Date from=105 | |Ancient region=Syria | ||
|Date to= | |Date from=105 BCE | ||
|Date to=82 BCE | |||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
|Denomination=tetradrachm | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
| | |Standard=Attic | ||
| | |Median weight=14.80 | ||
|RQEM reference=RQEM ad. | |RQEM reference=RQEM ad. | ||
|RQEM reference number=269 | |RQEM reference number=269 | ||
|Die study reference=Callataÿ 2002, p. 73-77. | |||
|Coin series reference=Sear II, n° 5887-5888; HGC 9, n° 1382 | |||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/seleuceia_pieria.bmc.16-23 | |||
|Number of obverse dies=50 | |Number of obverse dies=50 | ||
|Number of singletons=23 | |Number of singletons=23 | ||
|Number of reverse dies=140 | |Number of reverse dies=140 | ||
|Number of coins= | |Number of coins=157 | ||
|Workstation=Most likely one single workstation | |||
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|Frequency=1 | |Frequency=1 | ||
|Number of dies=23 | |Number of dies=23 | ||
|Die name=1,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,18,19,21,24,25,26,27,36,39,43,45,48,50 | |||
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|Frequency=2 | |Frequency=2 | ||
|Number of dies=5 | |Number of dies=5 | ||
|Die name=5,29,32,35,40 | |||
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|Frequency=3 | |Frequency=3 | ||
|Number of dies=7 | |Number of dies=7 | ||
|Die name=2,3,4,17,31,33,46 | |||
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|Frequency=4 | |Frequency=4 | ||
|Number of dies=4 | |Number of dies=4 | ||
|Die name=13,22,47,49 | |||
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|Frequency=5 | |Frequency=5 | ||
|Number of dies=3 | |Number of dies=3 | ||
|Die name=16,20,41 | |||
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|Frequency=6 | |Frequency=6 | ||
|Number of dies=1 | |Number of dies=1 | ||
|Die name=38 | |||
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|Frequency=8 | |Frequency=8 | ||
|Number of dies= | |Number of dies=2 | ||
|Die name=23,44 | |||
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|Frequency= | |Frequency=9 | ||
|Number of dies= | |Number of dies=2 | ||
|Die name=28,42 | |||
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|Frequency=10 | |Frequency=10 | ||
|Number of dies= | |Number of dies=1 | ||
|Die name=30 | |||
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|Frequency=11 | |||
|Number of dies=2 | |||
|Die name=34,37 | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:37, 15 February 2023
105 BCE - 82 BCE Silver 18,488 kg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ above, BI (date) and ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ below, I to lower right (Greek).Filleted thunderbolt on throne, ΔI (date) below, monogram to lower right, all within wreath |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Seleuceia Pieria | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Syria | 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: |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 105 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 82 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 | 14.80 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | tetradrachm ![]() |
StandardStandard.: | Attic |
Image
![](/img_auth.php/c/cb/S269_Seleuceia_pieria.jpg)
S269 Seleuceia pieria.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | Callataÿ 20021Callataÿ 2002, p. 73-77. | ||
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear II2Sear II, n° 5887-5888, HGC 93HGC 9, n° 1382 | ||
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
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 | 23 | 46 | 23 | 14.65 | 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 39, 43, 45, 48, 50 |
2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6.37 | 5, 29, 32, 35, 40 |
3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 13.38 | 2, 3, 4, 17, 31, 33, 46 |
4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 10.19 | 13, 22, 47, 49 |
5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 9.55 | 16, 20, 41 |
6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3.82 | 38 |
8 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10.19 | 23, 44 |
9 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11.46 | 28, 42 |
10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6.37 | 30 |
11 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14.01 | 34, 37 |
Total | 50 of 50 | 100 | 157 of 157 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 50 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 23 |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 140 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 157 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 3.14 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.12 |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 2.8 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 46 % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 62.46 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 1,249,200 |
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) | 73.36 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00013 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 85.35% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 5,027.22 |
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 | 18,488 kg <br /> 18,488 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 12,568.04 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Fr. de Callataÿ, "La production des tétradrachmes civiques de la Cilicie jusqu’à la Palestine à la fin du IIe et dans la première moitié du Ier s. av. J.-C. (Elaiussa Sébasté, Aigeai, Séleucie-de-Piérie, Laodicée, Arados, Tripolis, Sidon, Tyr, Ascalon)", in Chr. Augé et Fr. Duyrat (ed.), Les monnayages syriens. Quel apport pour l’histoire du Proche-Orient hellénistique et romain ?, Bibliothèque archéologique et historique 162, IFAPO Beyrouth, Beirut, p. 77-80.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ 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.