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156 E. S. G. KOBINSON.
enjoyed on the limits of the Greek world. No. 72 was
acquired in Egypt, as was also 103
probably No. 73. They
are both of obviously barbarous work, and directly copied
from coins which we possess. For example, No. 72 is
modelled down to the smallest details on the coin of
IAONO, an example of which is to be found in
the Warren (Greenwell) Collection (PL xxxi. 1349).
Now this issue of IA5ONO3 is the last of those
which share the common KYAIOS0-eEYEIAEYS-
IA3ONO3 obverse die, and owing to the worn con-
dition of the die the ethnic is very faint on all
specimens that I have seen. On the copy (No. 72) it
does not appear at all, while the reverse inscription is
a blundered attempt at |AONO. No. 73 is more
vigorous, and at the same time more barbarous. The
obverse is copied from the common KYXAIPIO3-
XAlPlOS-nOAIAN0EYS die, again down to the
smallest details ; cp. the solar disk and the arrangement
of the legend. The reverse is copied from the
reverse dies of 0EYEIAEY5 and IASONOS, with
the eagle behind the throne of Zeus (e.g. "Warren
(Greenwell), PI. xxxi. 1348, 1350), though the ethnic in
crudely-formed letters takes the place of a magis-
trate's name. The inscription on the obverse has given
rise to some confusion. In Huber's sale catalogue it is
printed as KOI N ON, to which it bears some superficial
resemblance, but a closer examination shows it to be
103 It came originally from the collection of C. G. Huber,
Austrian Consul in Egypt : from his sale (lot 1276) it passed into
the Addington, Ashburnham and O'Hagan Collections. The light
weight of the coin enables me to identify it in these changes of
ownership ; it is important to maintain the identification in view
of the deductions that have been drawn from the misreading of
the obverse.