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CHRONOLOGY OF THE COINS OF CHIOS. 369<br />

didrachm. Coll. B. Yakountchik<strong>of</strong>f ex<br />

Sherman Benson Coll., No. 696 (part <strong>of</strong>)<br />

So<strong>the</strong>by's Cat., 1909. [PL XVIII. 3.]<br />

16-50 mm. 121-5 grains (7-87 grammes). Chian<br />

didrachm. Brit. Mus., No. 7, Cat. Ionia, Chios.<br />

jg^mm. 120-2 grains (7.792grammes). Chian<br />

didrachm. My collection.<br />

26a . Variety <strong>of</strong> preceding without leaves<br />

over amphora.<br />

to vine-branch<br />

18-50<br />

14^50 mm ' 12 t4 Srains (7-80 grammes). Chian<br />

didrachm. Cabinet de France. [P1.XVIII.4.]<br />

1775<br />

121-2 grains (7-85 grammes). Chian<br />

didrachm. My collection.<br />

Both common.<br />

27. Obv. Sphinx <strong>of</strong> early fine style seated 1. on plain exergual<br />

line ; wing curled in more naturalistic<br />

manner than in o<strong>the</strong>r coins <strong>of</strong> this period ;<br />

hair elegantly dressed ; only one foreleg show-<br />

ing. In front stoppered amphora [with ball<br />

at<br />

point]. <strong>The</strong> whole in vine-wreath, showing<br />

a bunch <strong>of</strong> grapes both before <strong>and</strong> behind <strong>the</strong><br />

Sphinx, on raised circular shield.<br />

Rev. Quartered incuse square divided by broad bars<br />

into shallow compartments ; punch-struck.<br />

JR. - ^ mm. 119-8 grains (7- 76 grammes). Chian<br />

1J-50<br />

didrachm. Brit. Mus., No. 12, Cat. Ionia,<br />

Chios. [PI. XVIII. 5.]<br />

(Miss Baldwin calls all <strong>the</strong>se coins transitional, but<br />

I am venturing to divide <strong>the</strong>m into transitional <strong>and</strong><br />

early fine art, with <strong>the</strong> drawing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sphinx's eye<br />

as a test.)<br />

28. Obv. Sphinx <strong>of</strong> transitional style seated 1. on plain<br />

exergual line ; wing curled in semi-conventional<br />

manner ; hair rolled fur<strong>the</strong>r ; foreleg<br />

showing behind nearer. In front stoppered

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