Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
City Chios 
Region Ionia
Reign Uncertain
Obverse inscription ΧΙΩΝ
Obverse design sphinx seated left, lifting right paw over club; modius on its head
Reverse inscription ΑϹϹΑΡΙΟΝ ΗΜΙϹΥ
Reverse design two crossed thyrsoi; small cantharus hanging from the top of the wreath; all enclosed within a vine wreath

Coin no. 1 of RPC III, 1904

 

Museum Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (UK)
Inventory no.
Reference
Diameter 24.1
Weight 7.09
Axis 6
Note