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QUAESTIONES CYKENAICAE. 153
the way of an. additional letter, or even symbol, for
the owl and silphium onNos. 65 and 66, and the jerboa
and locust which appear on some of the drachms are
in the nature of adjuncts. The only possible completion
is as KYAIOSGENOYS, genitive of KYAIOS-
0ENH3. But this would be a most irregular form;
the name KvSocrOei'rjs (already known) 99 or a form on
the analogy ofKaXXLo-Oevrjs might have been expected.
The inscription KYAIO, occurring on the gold
drachms and silver tetradrachms 10 and drachms, has
hitherto been taken as a Doric genitive of the nomina-
tive KYAIS on the analogy of XAIPIO5, NIKIOS, &c.
But it cannot be regarded as a different name from the
one appearing on our gold stater, for 0EY4>EIAEY,
the successor of KYAIO3, uses the same obverse dies for
his staters and drachms as are employed for No. 69,
and for the drachms bearing KYAIOS. Of No. 70
I know three other examples, one in Gotha, one
in Paris, and one from a London sale (Stanford). 101
The third letter has been taken, in the case of the
Gotha and Paris specimens, for a 4> or Y, but on
the latter, and on the Stanford coin, it is quite clearly
a X set crosswise, as on most of the XAIPIO^ pieces.
An examination of these gold staters reveals much
diversity in fabric as well as in style. The flan is
either small and dumpy, or spread ; and the style
varies with the fabric. These differences in style and
fabric are not chronological ; they co-exist side by side
99
Pape-Benseler, Gr. Eigenn., s.v.
B0 M. i. 135 ; on this coin the shortness of the inscription is
not due to lack of room.
101
Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 1907 (Stanford Coll.),
PI. ii. 97.
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