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|Reverse description=Nike driving biga right. Border of dots. | |Reverse description=Nike driving biga right. Border of dots. | ||
|Mint=Ecbatana | |Mint=Ecbatana | ||
|Authority= | |Ancient region=Media | ||
|Date from=148 | |Authority=mithridats I king of Parthia; Parthian Empire | ||
|Date to=144 | |Date from=148 BCE | ||
|Date to=144 BCE | |||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Bronze | |Metal=Bronze | ||
|Denomination= | |Denomination=dichalkon | ||
| | |Median weight=5.50 | ||
|RQEM reference=RQEM ad. | |RQEM reference=RQEM ad. | ||
|RQEM reference number=1350 | |RQEM reference number=1350 | ||
|Number of obverse dies= | |Die study reference=P.-Y. Boillet, Ecbatane et la Médie d’Alexandre aux Arsacides (c. 331 a.C. - c. 224 p.C.). Histoire monétaire et économique [Unpublished doctoral dissertation], Bordeaux University, 2009, p. 276, no. 1326-1327. | ||
|Number of obverse dies=2 | |||
|Number of singletons=1 | |Number of singletons=1 | ||
|Number of reverse dies=2 | |||
|Number of coins=3 | |||
|Number of unidentified obverse dies=0 | |Number of unidentified obverse dies=0 | ||
|Number of unidentified reverse dies=0 | |Number of unidentified reverse dies=0 | ||
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|Frequency=1 | |Frequency=1 | ||
|Number of dies=1 | |Number of dies=1 | ||
|Die name= | |Die name=2 | ||
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|Frequency=2 | |Frequency=2 | ||
|Number of dies=1 | |Number of dies=1 | ||
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Revision as of 07:56, 23 February 2023
148 BCE - 144 BCE Bronze
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bust of the king right, wearing diadem. In the field, BΧ (value). Border of dots. |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ (Greek).Nike driving biga right. Border of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Ecbatana | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Media | Modern countryModern country: Iran | 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: | mithridats I king of Parthia, Parthian Empire |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 148 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 144 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Bronze | Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 5.50 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | dichalkon | StandardStandard.: |
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | P.-Y. Boillet1 | ||
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 | 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. ᵖ (o) | 2 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 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) ᵖ | 50 % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 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. ᵖ | 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 ᵖ (O) | 6 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00003 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 66.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 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) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 3,118.5 |
Remarks
References
- ^ P.-Y. Boillet