The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

28 J. MAVROGORDATO.
onward, and it is clear from the variety of types how
intense "was the artistic life of the time. The sculptor
Archermus, the third of his line, was flourishing, of
whom it has been said that he was the first to give
wings to Nike. One is irresistibly reminded of this
phrase by the beautifully finished stater [PI. I. 8], and
what I like to look upon as its contemporary didrachm
[PL I. 14], in which the Sphinx's two wings
are shown
in a fine perspective. This arrangement was never
attempted again until the beginning of the Roman
period.
The following are the electrum coins referred to
above :
5. Obv. Sphinx of archaic style seated r. without exergual
line ; wing curled ; hair in dense mass like
an Egyptian wig ; only one foreleg showing.
Rev. Plain incuse square ; punch-struck.
18-75
El. j^^ mm. 216-97 grains (14-06 grammes).
Milesian stater. Br. Mus. ex Bank Coll.
[PL I. 6.]
216 grains (14-00 grammes). Mile-
sian stater. Berlin Cabinet.
6. Obi-. Sphinx of archaic style seated r. without exergual
line ; wing slightly curled ; hair in long straight
ringlets ; only one foreleg showing.
Rev. Plain incuse square : punch-struck. (The absence
of quartering cross in this type may possibly
be due to wear.)
El. 19-00 mm. 217-75 grains (14-11 grammes).
Milesian stater. Coll. B. Yakountehikoff ex
Rothschild Coll. No. 370, Cat. 1900.
20-75
l&OO mm * 216 '35 grains ( 14>02 grammes).
Milesian stater. Coll. R. Jameson, Cat.
No. 1519, from Vourla find, 1911. [PI. I. 7.]