Chios, Ionia, AE17 semi-autonomous Issue. AD 68-117. 2.73 g.

XIWN, sphinx sitting left, resting right paw on prow. 
OMHROC, Homer seated right, holding scroll inscribed ILIA (The Iliad). 

BMC 140-141; Hunter 68-70; Paris 5113-5115; SNG von Aulock 2283; SNG Cop 1659; Weber 6279.

Contributed by Ed Beck of Romae Aeternae Numismatics, June 2015.