S 556 - Iulis, bronze (Ktesylla/bee) (100-30 BCE)
From SILVER
100 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Artemis right |
| Reverse: | IOY (Greek).Bee within wreath |
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 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 1.40 | 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. 90-91, n° 112-147 (series XII) | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 11 | 45.83 | 11 | 14.29 | 65, 67, 70, 76, 77, 79, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87 |
| 2 | 4 | 16.67 | 8 | 10.39 | 68, 71, 81, 84 |
| 3 | 3 | 12.5 | 9 | 11.69 | 69, 72, 80 |
| 4 | 1 | 4.17 | 4 | 5.19 | 66 |
| 6 | 1 | 4.17 | 6 | 7.79 | 78 |
| 8 | 3 | 12.5 | 24 | 31.17 | 73, 74, 75 |
| 15 | 1 | 4.17 | 15 | 19.48 | 64 |
| Total | 24 of 24 | 100.01 | 77 of 77 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 24 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 11 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 26 | Number of coins (n) | 77 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.21 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.96 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.08 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 45.83 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 29.77 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 595,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 34.87 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00013 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 85.71% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,172.99 |
| 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 | 12,932.48 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Papageorgiadou-Banis, Charikleia (1997), The Coinage of Kea, Meletemata 24, Athens, viii, 107 p., 21 pl.
