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CHRONOLOGY OF T.HE COINS OF CHIOS. 31<br />

Eev. Plain incuse square ; punch-struck.<br />

M. 17-00 mm. 120-2 grains (7-79 grammes). Chian<br />

didrachm. Berlin Cabinet ex Imho<strong>of</strong>-Blumer<br />

Coll. 1900. [PL I. 9.]<br />

9. Olv. Sphinx <strong>of</strong> archaic style seated 1. on dotted exer-<br />

gual line ; wing slightly curled hair ; long,<br />

with separate lock hanging from crown <strong>of</strong><br />

head <strong>and</strong> ending in a spiral curl fur<strong>the</strong>r<br />

;<br />

between<br />

forepaw raised holding a lotus-flower ;<br />

fore <strong>and</strong> hind legs a cock's head 1. Circle <strong>of</strong> dots.<br />

Eev. Quartered incuse square ; punch-struck.<br />

M. mm. 121-3 grains(7-86 grammes). Chian<br />

lO-UU<br />

didrachm. Berlin Cabinet, from Sakha<br />

hoard, 1899. [PL I. 10.]<br />

?mm. 1204 grains (7-80 grammes). Chian<br />

didrachm. Berlin Cabinet, from recent find<br />

in Egypt, 1914.<br />

1 K 00<br />

mm. 119-75 grains (7- 76 grammes). Chian<br />

lo-OO<br />

didrachm. Coll. J. K. McClean, Fitzwilliam<br />

Museum, Cambridge. [PL I. 11.]<br />

10. Variety <strong>of</strong> preceding in which <strong>the</strong> Sphinx does not hold<br />

lotus-flower in upraised forepaw.<br />

18-00<br />

M. - mm. 111-9 grains (7-244 grammes). Chian<br />

lo-oO<br />

didrachm, from Sakha hoard. Num. Chron.,<br />

1899, p. 277, No. 16.<br />

mm. 121-8grains(7-895grammes). Chian<br />

1J-75<br />

didrachm. My collection ex Philipsen Coll.,<br />

No. 2242, Hirsch's Cat., 1909.<br />

11. Obv. Sphinx 1. like No. 9, except that <strong>the</strong> exergual<br />

line is plain, <strong>and</strong> that <strong>the</strong>re is a lotus-flower<br />

between Sphinx's fore <strong>and</strong> -hind legs in place<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cock's head.<br />

Eev. Quartered incuse square <strong>of</strong> larger size than any<br />

hi<strong>the</strong>rto described ; punch-struck.

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