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Show Empty Categories Shop Search Shopping Cart My FORVMContact Us About Forum Shopping at Forum Our Guarantee Payment Options Shipping Options & Fees Privacy & Security Forum Staff Selling Your Coins Identifying Your Coin FAQs zoom.asp  View CategoriesHome > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Ionia| > |Other Ionia| > GA81132Chios, Islands off Ionia, c. 431 - 412 B.C. Chios, in the Aegean Sea, 7 kilometers off the Anatolian coast, is the fifth largest of the Greek islands. At the end of the 7th century B.C., Chios became one of the first cities to strike coins, establishing the sphinx as its symbol. It maintained this tradition for almost 900 years. Based on the huge necropolis at the main city of Chios, by the 5th to 4th centuries B.C., the island had grown to an estimated population of over 120,000 (2 - 3 times the current population). During the Hellenistic period, the Chios became famous for the high quality of its wine and was the largest exporter of Greek wine. Chian amphoras, with a characteristic sphinx emblem and bunches of grape have been found as far away as Gaul, Upper Egypt and Southern Russia. After the Roman conquest Chios became part of the province of Asia. The Empire ceded Chios to the Republic of Genoa in 1261.
GA81132. Silver drachm, SNG Cop 1546, SGCV II 4600, F, Chios mint, weight 3.076g, maximum diameter 13.4mm, c. 431 - 412 B.C.; obverse Sphinx seated left, grapes over amphora before; reverse quadripartite incuse square; SOLD
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