The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

4:6 J. MAVROGORDATO.
Before leaving this period it will be as well just to
mention the small pieces bearing a Sphinx in various
positions on the obverse, and different types on the
reverse, which, from their style, may all be said to
belong to the sixth century. M. Babelon has suggested
(Traite,voiL ii, p. 1134) that these coins may be alliance
pieces between Chios and some of the neighbouring
cities. If we could be sure of this the coins in question
ought to find their place here, but considering the
uncertainty that attends the question of these doubletyped
coins, I prefer not to go into it 42
any further.
None of the coins are of the Chian standard, and
the style of all, with the exception of one bearing
a Gorgoiieion on the reverse (Num. Chron., 1913,
p. 268, PI. xiii. 9), is very unlike that of any known
Chian issue.
PERIOD IV. 500-478 B.C.
With the outbreak of the revolt, as mentioned above,
the tyrant Strattis was deposed, and the oligarchy was
restored in Chios under magistrates called o-rparr^yoi.
It is in the highest degree probable that this revival of
the civic power was signalized in all the states of the
League by fresh issues of electrum coins.
The staters of various types, but similar fabric, to
which Head first drew attention (Num. Chron., 1887,
p. 281), are now generally recognized as the coinage
of the Ionian Revolt. The papers already referred to
by Prof. P. Gardner and M. E. Jameson independently
pointed to this event as the most likely source of the
42 See above, p. 7, where attention is drawn to a note under
"Miscellanea" in Num. Chron., 1913, giving all the facts relating
to these doubtful coins.