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234 J. MAVROGORDATO.its contemporaries. The ZKVUVOS recorded here mayquite well have been the geographer of that name ashe flourished circa 90 B. c.The lettering throughoutis of the ordinary typewith " apices ", a little larger on the whole and, I think,later than anything included under type No. 66. Theonly unusual form is that of the H on the issues ofK'Apre/jLiScopos.and both have their uprights prolongedabove and below the level of the other lettersquite consistently, but the later form of !, alreadynoted in type No. 67, does not appear.The weights, like the lettering, support my claim toplace all these coins later than those I have attributedto the last period. The twenty-three specimens thatI have been able to examine, representing this typeand Nos. 74 and 76, its near contemporaries, average51-9 grains (3-36 grammes), while, as was observed abovewhen commenting on type No. 57, sixty-five specimensof types Nos. 63 and 66 average 56-2 grains (3-64grammes). A few unusually heavy pieces stand outfrom the rest, such as those of AfwiSrjs in typeNo. 69, and of 'AOrjvaios and ^dvrjs in type No. 76 a,but they are much rarer than the similar exceptions inOn the whole the standard may bethe earlier groups.said to have sensibly depreciated at this time, although,judging from the occasional heavy pieces, it hadprobably not been officially reduced, and the coinswere no doubt still reckoned as Attic drachms. 109A striking illustration of the lower weights ruling109Compare the Athenian drachms of the new style, Brit. Mus.Cat. Attica, No. 335, &c., some of which are only slightly earlier thanthe present type. These all weigh round about 63 grains (4-10grammes).