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428 J. MAVKOGORDATO.
the coins, as, in the absence of either incuse square or
circle, the letters quickly became worn. Out of thir-
teen specimens known to me, five, which under more
favourable circumstances might have preserved their
legends, are quite illegible.
The name 'Iireo-io? may record the magistracy, though
somewhat late in life, of one of the Chian generals
whose statues were seen at Delphi by Pausanias. Of
the other two names occurring on coins of this type
AffE - - is not susceptible of certain restoration, but
I am suggesting 'lo-naTos for I^TI - - on account of the
prevalence
of that name at Chios and other cities of
Ionia. The lettering on these coins, like that on the
tetradrachms and drachms of class y, appears to consist
of the more archaic forms only, though
is the only
test letter provided by the specimens so far discovered.
No. 55. This type is clearly later than the last, and,
as suggested above, may even have been struck after
the limit assigned to the present period. The coins are
rare. The style of the Sphinx appears to vary, but as
all the known specimens are in poor condition it is not
possible to classify them. I am illustrating two specimens
in order to show different types of Sphinx
[PL XIX. 18-19] and the varied forms of the letters.
The name Zrjvcov has already been noted on a small
coin of type No. 53, also 'Hyriawnros. AANAAPl -
looks, at first sight, like a mutilated inscription, so
little does it suggest a Greek name, 72 but the letters
are perfectly distinct as PL XIX. 18 shows. The specimen
in Berlin, which is the only other one I have seen,
is not so clear, and might be read MANAAoZ, but
72 See R. Miinsterberg's Beamtennamen, p. 46.