S 561 - Iulis, bronze (bee/star) (100-30 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9592

100 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Bee
Reverse:	(IOY) (Greek).Star

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

1.20

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]S561 iulis bee star.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. 92-93, n° 168-188 (Series XVII)
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/iulis papageorgiadou-banis 1997 xvii

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	6	40	6	12.5	101, 102, 103, 104, 109, 110
2	2	13.33	4	8.33	97, 107
3	2	13.33	6	12.5	100, 111
4	1	6.67	4	8.33	105
5	2	13.33	10	20.83	106, 108
6	1	6.67	6	12.5	98
12	1	6.67	12	25	99
Total	15 of 15	100	48 of 48	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	15	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	6
Number of reverse dies (r)	15	Number of coins (n)	48
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	3.2	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	3.2
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	40 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	18.62	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	372,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	21.82	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00013
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	87.5%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	5,155.75
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	12,889.37

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation