S 555 - Iulis, bronze (Ktesylla/grape) (100-30 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9652

100 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Head of Ktesylla r.
Reverse:	IOYΛI (Greek).Grape bunch

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Iulis

Ancient region:

Cyclades

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

100 BCE

to

30 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

4.50

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]S555 Iulis Ktesylla Grape.jpg [1]

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. 89, n° 101-111 (series XI)
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/iulis papageorgiadou-banis 1997 xi

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	2	40	2	7.41	61, 63
5	2	40	10	37.04	59, 60
15	1	20	15	55.56	62
Total	5 of 5	100	27 of 27	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	5	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	2
Number of reverse dies (r)	11	Number of coins (n)	27
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	5.4	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.45
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2.2	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	40 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	5.48	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	109,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	6.14	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00025
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	92.59%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	9,854.01
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	24,635.04

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation