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CHRONOLOGY OF THE COINS OF CHIOS. 239reappearing here would consequentlybe increased.rY0[l]HN is an unlikely looking name, though the Tis clear on the coin. It may be that TTY0IHN wasthe correct form. TTY0IOZ is also doubtful, being theattribute of a god, but it is probably a late or illiteraterendering of TTYOEoZ, which is fairly common onIonian coins. 116The lettering is neat and the forms used are in completeaccord with those of types Nos. 69 and 70, andare later, on the whole, than those of type No. 67."Apices", which are here in general use, were onlyoccasionally met with on coins of the last-named type,and and &, which were exceptional before, havenow almost entirely supplanted and H. Theweights are, generally speaking, lower than in typeNo. 67, and the die-positions are more regular. Amongthe symbols the owl might be reckoned as a new-comer,but it is uncertain. The almost regular employmentof the caps and stars of the Dioscuri throughout thetype is worthy of note, especially as they do not appearagain. The symbol has been seen once before, however,on some of the drachms with ZHNIZ (type No. 66/3),and the issue with MENEKAHZ (type No. 66 y) hadthe twin stars alone.We must suppose that the fourissues of the present type, and the one of the next onewith the caps and stars, were all struck during the reignof the same eponymous magistrate, like the similar andstill larger groups of types Nos. 62 and 67 ;and that,as suggested above, he may possiblyduring the last 117period as well. Ahave officiatedsimilar comparison118 Brit. Mus. Cat. Ionia, Erythrae, No. 191 ; Clazomenae, Nos. 22and 49 ;and Colophon, No. 43.117The Rhodian series provides a very similar case in period