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Attica, PI. iii. 3-5), but now known from the Taranto
find to have originated much earlier (Rev. Num.,
June 1911, Nos. 14 and 15, PI. i. 11 and 12).
No. 19. This is another common type. The issue
is noticeable for its oval flans, and for the rough form
of incuse. The quartering lines or bars become really
broad now for the first time.
No. 20. This highly finished type has been brought
into prominence by M. Babelon's description of the
Taranto find (Rev. Num., June 1911, PI. iii. 7), and provides
us with one of the few fixed points that we
possess for the dating of Chian coins. The evidence
of the hoard indicates that none of the coins contained
in it were struck later than 510 B.C. This issue may,
therefore, be safely assigned to a period some ten or
twelve years prior to the Ionian Eevolt. On grounds
later than the
of style it may confidently be placed
five types already described here, and for reasons given
below the two succeeding ones, Nos. 21 and 22 must
have followed it.
probably
On account of the interest and rarity of the type
I am illustrating both the specimens described. They
are the only ones known to me, and moreover they
supplement one another in their details. It will be
noted that the obverse dies are different, but the same
reverse die has been used for both pieces. The Bibliotheque
specimen is probably the later of the two
as the letters in the depressions of the incuse, which
are undoubted on this case, are more difficult to dis-
tinguish
than on M. Jameson's coin. At no time do
they show up well on being reproduced.
No. 21. We have now reached a stage in the evolu-
tion of the Chian didrachm that approximates very