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CHKONOLOGY OF THE COINS OF CHIOS. 235among <strong>the</strong> coins that I am attributing to this period,as compared with those in <strong>the</strong> last, is afforded by <strong>the</strong>issues <strong>of</strong> 'ApTepiScopos.me with this name, four belongOut <strong>of</strong> eight pieces known toto what I call <strong>the</strong>earlier style <strong>of</strong> type No. 66 /?, <strong>and</strong> four to <strong>the</strong> later,characterized by its low relief <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> prow symbol on<strong>the</strong> obverse. <strong>The</strong> former weigh 61-9, 61-0, 59-0, <strong>and</strong>56-6 grains, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> latter 49-7, 47-2, 45-8, <strong>and</strong> 41-2grains, <strong>the</strong> last specimen being pierced.<strong>The</strong> new symbols to be noted are <strong>the</strong> spear, <strong>the</strong>thyrsus already alluded to above, <strong>the</strong> kithara, <strong>and</strong><strong>the</strong> wreath. <strong>The</strong> spear on <strong>the</strong> issue <strong>of</strong> Ae

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