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BMC 74Gortyna, Crete, AE12, 2.55 g. ca. 200-67 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right with hair in thick locks down neck, border of dots / ΓOΡ above bull butting right, head facing. BMC 74; SNG Cop 454; Lindgren 1747.TextFull Size
Price Gortyn 129-148Gortyna, Crete, AR drachm, ca. 98-94 BC, 17 mm, 3.14 g. Diademed head of Zeus left. / ΓOΡTINI-ΩN, warrior, naked, standing front, holding shield and spear. (Possibly an overstruck A in upper left field). Price Gortyn hoard, 129-148. (Svoronos 144 var, rev. break).TextFull Size
Svoronos 16 Crete. Gortyna AR Drachm. ca 450-425 BC. Bull reclining right, head reverted / Facing lion mask in shallow incuse square with linear square border. TextFull Size
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Svoronos 19v Gortyna, Crete AR Drachm. ca 100–80 BC. Bearded head of Zeus or Minos right, in taenia, Φ under neck truncation / ΓOΡTYNIΩN, nude Apollo seated three-quarters left on rock, quiver over shoulder, resting right hand on knee and holding bow in left, Z in right field. TextFull Size
Svoronos 27 Gortyna, Crete AR Stater. ca 350-330 BC. Europa seated left in pensive pose in plane tree / TΣMVΠOΣ (retrograde), bull reclining left, head reverted. Le Rider pl. xxvii, 7. TextFull Size
Svoronos 37 Gortyna, Crete AR Drachm. ca 350-330 BC. Head of bull three quarters right / Head of Europa right, hair confined by ampyx and sphendone, outline of round die visible. TextFull Size
Svoronos 52 Gortyna, Crete AR Stater. ca 320-270 BC. Europa seated right in tree, head resting on her left hand / Bull standing right, head reverted. Le Rider 4. TextFull Size
Svoronos 57Gorytos, Crete. AR didrachm, 24 mm. 320-270 BC. No legend, woman sitting right in a pensive attitude in a tree with few leaves, her head in her left hand. / No legend, bull standing left, head turned back. Svoronos 57.TextFull Size
Svoronos 61 Gortyna, Crete AR Stater. ca 320-270 BC. Europa seated right in tree, lifting the hem of her drapery with her left hand / Bull standing right, head turned back. BMC 17. TextFull Size
Svoronos 62 Gortyna, Crete AR Stater. ca 320-270 BC. Europa seated right in tree / Bull standing right, head reverted. LeRider 18. TextFull Size
Svoronos 64 Gortyna, Crete, AR Stater. After 430 BC. Europa seated right in tree / Bull walking, head reverted. TextFull Size
Svoronos 70Gorytos, Crete. AR stater or didrachm, 25 mm. 320-270 BC. 11.42 g. Female, naked to waist, sitting facing, head on one side, in a tree with branches in an orderly pattern around her, holding eagle-tipped sceptre in her left hand and a bird on her knee with her right. / No legend, bull standing right, head turned back, bee or fly below. Svoronos 70; Le Rider 67; Napoli 7640; Paris 2620; Luynes 2342.TextFull Size
Svoronos 81 Gortyna, Crete AR Stater. ca 300-280 BC. Europa seated three-quarters right in plane tree, assaulted by Zeus in form of eagle / Heifer standing right, turning head to scratch it wîth its right hind leg and lashing tail, fly below. Le Rider pl. v, 17. TextFull Size
Svoronos 90Gorytos, Crete. AR drachm, 19 mm. 320-270 BC. 5.55 g. Female head right, wreathed with reeds, wearing earring and necklace. / ΓOΡTYNIΩN, bull standing left, scratching itself with its back hoof. Fly below. Svoronos 90.TextFull Size
Svoronos 103Gorytos, Crete. AR stater or didrachm, 25 mm. 320-270 BC. Female, naked to waist, sitting facing, head on one side, in a tree with fern-like branches in an orderly pattern around her, her left arm bent. AΡ-IΣ in two lines in lower left field. / ΓOΡTYNIΩN, bull standing right, head turned back, star below. Svoronos 103.TextFull Size
Svoronos 107 Gortyna, Crete. ca 200-67 BC. AE 24mm. Diademed head of Artemis right; bow and quiver over shoulder / Bull standing left, head right, within wreath. SNG Copenhagen 458. TextFull Size
Svoronos 109 Gortyna, Crete, AE18, 250-221 BC. 4.99 g. (ΓO-Ρ across fields), Europa seated right in the branches of a tree, raising her drapery, eagle standing to left. / (ΓOΡTYNI-ΩN around and below), Europa seated on bull galloping left, within wreath. Svoronos 109; BMC 45-46; Paris 2654-2656; Mionnet II, 187; SNG Cop 447.TextFull Size
Svoronos 116 Gortyna, Crete AR Drachm. Circa 3rd Century BC. Laureate head of Zeus right; c/m of bull right / Europa riding bull right; c/m of head of Artemis right. TextFull Size
Svoronos 120 Gortyna, Crete. Circa 200-67 BC. AE 23mm. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΓOΡTYNIΩN, Europa riding bull left. Svoronos 120; BMC 66. TextFull Size
Svoronos 137Gortyna, Crete, AE14, civic issue, ca 200 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right. / ΓOΡ-TYN above and beneath bull butting right, head facing. Svoronos 137; SNG Cop 454.TextFull Size
Svoronos 143Gortyna, Crete, AR Drachm. 94-87 BC. 2.56 g. Diademed head of Zeus or Minos left. / ΓOΡTYNIΩN, naked warrior standing facing, legs astride, holding spear and resting left hand on shield, wreath in left field, thunderbolt below, all within a radiate border. Svoronos 143; Klein 227 (this coin).TextFull Size
Svoronos 144Gortyna, Crete, AR Drachm. 267-200 BC. 4.55 g. Diademed head of Zeus or Minos left. / ΓOΡTYNIΩN, naked warrior standing facing, legs astride, holding spear and resting left hand on shield, wreath in left field, all within a radiate border. Svoronos 144; BMC 54.TextFull Size
Svoronos 147Gortyna, Crete, AR Drachm. 267-200 BC. 4.7 g. Diademed head of Zeus or Minos right. / ΓOΡTYNI-ΩN, naked warrior standing facing, legs astride, holding spear and resting left hand on shield, A in left field, all within a radiate border. Svoronos 147.TextFull Size
Svoronos 151Gortyna, Crete, AR Drachm. 18 mm, 267-200 BC. 3 g. Diademed head of Zeus or Minos right, A beneath head. / ΓOΡTY-NIΩN, naked warrior standing facing, legs astride, holding spear and resting left hand on shield, Θ in left field, all within a radiate border. Svoronos 151; BMC 55.TextFull Size
Svoronos 170Gortyna, Crete AR Drachm. ca 100-80 BC. Diademed head of Zeus right. / ΓOΡTYNIΩN above Apollo seated half left on rock, resting right foot on a higher rock, right hand on his knee and holding bow in left, B in right field. Svoronos 170.TextFull Size
Svoronos 171cf Gortyna, Crete AR Drachm. ca 100-80 BC. Bearded head of Zeus right, in taenia, H under neck truncation / ΓOΡTYNIΩN, Apollo seated three quarters left on rock, resting right hand on knee and holding bow in left, A in right field. Cf Svoronos 171 and 174 (different letters in reverse field). TextFull Size
Svoronos 175 Gortyna, Crete AR Drachm. ca 100-80 BC. Bearded head of Zeus right / ΓOΡTYNIΩN, Apollo seated three-quarters left on rock, resting right hand on knee and holding bow in left. TextFull Size
Sear SG 3186Gortyna, Crete, AR Drachm. 2nd-1st century BC, diademed head of Minos or Zeus left / ΓOΡTYNIΩN, naked male figure walking left, head facing, hand on shield, holding spear, wreath in field to left, border of rays. Svoronos 144; BMC 54.TextFull Size
CALIGULA
RPC 1022Caligula and Germanicus AE20 of Gortyna, Crete. ΓAION KAIΣAΡA ΓEΡMANIKON ΣEBAΣTON, bare head of Caligula right / ΓEΡMANIKON KAIΣAΡA EΡI AYΓOYΡEINΩ ΓOΡTY, bare head of Germanicus right.TextFull Size
For interest: A decree forbidding the use of silver obols after the introduction of bronze coins in Gortyna
Svoronos Refs: Svoronos: Numismatique De La Crète Ancienne free pdf download on archive.org
See also: Entry for Crete, Gortyna on the Digital Historia Numorum
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