S 550 - Iulis, bronze (Aristaeus/bee) (320-300 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9256

320 BCE - 300 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Aristaeus or Apollo r.
Reverse:	IOY KE (Greek).Bunch of grapes

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Iulis

Ancient region:

Cyclades

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

320 BCE

to

300 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

2.25

Denomination:

Standard:

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Papageorgiadou-Banis 1997, p. 85, n° 23-26 (series VI)
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/iulis papageorgiadou-banis 1997 vi

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	2	66.67	2	50	21, 22
2	1	33.33	2	50	20
Total	3 of 3	100	4 of 4	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	3	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	2
Number of reverse dies (r)	4	Number of coins (n)	4
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.33	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.33	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	66.67 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	9.49	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	189,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	12	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00002
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	50%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	842.99
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	n.a.	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	2,107.48

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation