S 552 - Iulis, bronze (Apollo/Sirius) (220-180 BCE)
From SILVER
220 BCE - 180 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. |
| Reverse: | IOY (Greek).Radiate forepart of Sirius left |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Iulis | Ancient region: | Cyclades | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 220 BCE | to | 180 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 2.50 | Denomination: | Standard: |
Image
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. 86-87, n° 51-78 (series VIII) | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 14 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 10 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 13 | Number of coins (n) | 37 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.64 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.85 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.93 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 71.43 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 18.93 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 378,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 22.52 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00010 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 72.97% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,909.14 |
| 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 | 9,772.85 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Papageorgiadou-Banis, Charikleia (1997), The Coinage of Kea, Meletemata 24, Athens, viii, 107 p., 21 pl.
