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A small bronze coin of Chios in Ionia showing a sphinx and an amphora Coin Type: Bronze AE10 of Chios in Ionia, 2nd-1st Century BCE.
Size and Weight: 9mm x 10mm, 0.81g
Obverse: Sphinx seated right.
Reverse: Amphora with AΦI to one side and XIOΣ to the other.
Provenance:Mediterranean Coins (Vcoins), May 2008
Ref: GVC 4618 var (different name on reverse)
BW Ref: 001 038 127
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