The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

368 J. MAVKOGORDATO.
showing behind nearer. In front stoppered
amphora [with ball at point], surmounted by
bunch of grapes hanging perpendicularly. The
whole on raised circular shield.
Rev. Quartered incuse square divided by broad bars
into moderately deep and irregularly shaped
compartments ; punch-struck.
M. -ITTTT mm. Weight? Chian didrachm. Cabinet
13-00
de France. [PL XVIII. 1.]
25. Obv. Sphinx of transitional style seated 1. on plain
exergual line ; wing curled in semi-conventionalized
manner hair ; elegantly dressed on
top of head ; further foreleg outlined nearer. In
beyond
front stoppered amphora, with
ball at point, surmounted by bunch of grapes
hanging perpendicularly. The whole on raised
circular shield.
Rev. Similar to preceding.
M. ^r mm. 120-3 grains (7-795 grammes). Chian
didrachm. My collection. [PI. XVIII. 2.]
(Miss Baldwin places this, or a similar type, at the
end of her didrachm series, No. 44, pp. 22-3. I prefer
this order because the eye of the Sphinx is not in
profile as in the succeeding types, and the position of
the bunch of grapes connects this with the earlier
type, No. 24.)
26. Obv. Sphinx of early fine style seated 1. on plain
exergual line ; wing curled in semi-conventionalized
manner hair ; arranged in a mass
of short curls further ;
foreleg outlined behind
nearer. In front stoppered amphora, with ball
at point, surmounted by vine-branch showing
leaves and bunch of grapes inclined to left.
The whole on raised circular shield.
Rev. Similar to preceding except that the bars are
extra broad.
JR. 15-75 mm. 121-2 grains (7-85 grammes). Chian