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CHRONOLOGY OF THE COINS OF CHIOS. 33
This is the last time that the plain incuse appears
in the series, and there is no sign here whatever of
the punch having originally been quartered
smooth by use.
but worn
Nos. 9-12. These types were first published by
Sir Hermann Weber and Dr. Dressel in their descrip-
tions of the Sakha hoard (see note 7 above). Judging
from the varieties to be noted among them, their issue,
taken as a whole, seems to have been a more plentiful
one than any of its predecessors. I illustrate two coins
of type No. 9 [PL I. 10 and 11] so as to show the cock's
head and peculiar exergual line clearly.
There must have been some little interval between
No. 8 and the present group, which is distinguished
from all other silver issues of Chios, previous to the
Roman period, by the Sphinx's upraised forepaw.
The design has suddenly become more ornate, and the
dotted border, very finely executed on some specimens,
is a novel and unusual feature for the period. Still,
the large head and straightly falling mass of hair are
typical of archaic art, and connect the group intimately,
although the type is so different in other respects, with
the electrum stater No. 6. The peculiar shape of the
Sphinx's wing also does this, for no wing quite like it
is seen again on the sixth-century didrachms, though
it had already occurred on the earlier electrum [PI. 1. 4].
The upraised forepaw is, of course, a link with the
electrum stater No. 7, which, as we have seen,
later than
may on general grounds of style be placed
No. 6.
No. 12, in spite of its older reverse, is, I think, a little
later than the rest of these coins with the dotted border,
because of the smaller head and the attempt made to
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