S 558 - Iulis, bronze (Bacchus/bunch of grapes) (100-30 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9229

100 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Bearded head of Bacchus to right, wearing ivy wreath
Reverse:	IOY (Greek).Bunch of grapes

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

0.90

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]S558 Iulis Bacchus grapes.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. 91-92, n° 150-163 (series XIV)
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/iulis papageorgiadou-banis 1997 xiv

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
3	1	33.33	3	11.11	90
8	1	33.33	8	29.63	92
16	1	33.33	16	59.26	91
Total	3 of 3	99.99	27 of 27	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	3	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ
Number of reverse dies (r)	11	Number of coins (n)	27
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	9	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.45
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	3.67	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	3.08	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	61,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	3.38	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00044
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	17,532.47
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	43,831.17

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation