Description: Ionia, Islands Off, Chios, 412 - 334 BC. Sphinx seated left, bunch of grapes before / Amphora, legends flanking.

Diameter: AE9 mm

Weight: 1,18 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: cf. SNG Cop 1551-5 var; cf. BMC 14. p. 332, 43

Commentary: rare; attractive brown patina with bronze highlights, well centered

History: According to the estimates, based on the necropolis of the main city, the population of the islands in 5th-4th century BC grown to 120,000 - more than twice the current number.

Article Number: 020-07-05-41652