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CHRONOLOGY OF THE COINS OF CHIOS. 391<br />

rare. Miss Baldwin mentions a second specimen with<br />

E in addition to <strong>the</strong> one I have noted, but <strong>the</strong> specimen<br />

with A appears to be unique.<br />

No. 42 is an earlier looking type than any <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

o<strong>the</strong>rs in this group, both on account <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sphinx,<br />

which is very like <strong>the</strong> one seen on <strong>the</strong> drachm with <strong>the</strong><br />

dolphin symbol, type No. 38, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> incuse square.<br />

This reverse, like <strong>the</strong> tall Sphinx, is peculiar to <strong>the</strong> two<br />

issues with /P <strong>and</strong> H", <strong>the</strong> former <strong>of</strong> which is ra<strong>the</strong>r<br />

rare.<br />

No. 42b . This coin is remarkable as being <strong>the</strong> only<br />

case that I have met with <strong>of</strong> an obverse with monogram<br />

combined with <strong>the</strong> more usual granulated reverse <strong>of</strong><br />

type No. 41, &c.<br />

No. 43 seems to be unique. It is also interesting as<br />

exhibiting <strong>the</strong> commoner type <strong>of</strong> Sphinx on a coin<br />

with monogram. .Miss Baldwin illustrates three o<strong>the</strong>rs<br />

which had escaped me (Nos. 25-7 <strong>of</strong> her PL v).<br />

No. 44. This hemidrachm, which also appears to be<br />

unique, is ano<strong>the</strong>r case wherein <strong>the</strong> usual type <strong>of</strong><br />

Sphinx appears in conjunction with a monogram.<br />

<strong>The</strong> evidence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> last three types goes to prove<br />

that all <strong>the</strong> coins <strong>of</strong> this group are practically contem-<br />

poraries, although I have not been able to detect<br />

any significant interchange <strong>of</strong> dies among <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

Miss Baldwin only mentions one between her types<br />

86-7, p. 30.<br />

No. 45. <strong>The</strong> coin representing this type is <strong>the</strong> only<br />

one I have seen. It certainly has a later look, in my<br />

opinion, than any <strong>of</strong> those preceding it here, <strong>the</strong> crossbars<br />

on <strong>the</strong> reverse having all <strong>the</strong> appearance <strong>of</strong> being<br />

ready to receive a magistrate's name. It might, in<br />

fact, be a pattern for one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> later issues.

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