Knossos or Cnossus, on the island of Krete / Crete
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| BMC 41 | Knossos, Crete, AR tetradrachm, 200-67 BC. 13.85 g. Magistrate Polchos. ΠOΛ-XOΣ, laureate head of Apollo left. / KNΩ-ΣI-ΩN, circular labyrinth. BMC 41; Lockett 2018; Svoronos 96; Mionnet II, 82; Paris 2492; de Luynes 2336. | Text | Image |
| BMC 43 | Knossos, Crete, ca 200-67 BC. AR tetradrachm. 14.88 gr. Diademed, bearded, male head right (Zeus or Minos), hair bound in taenia / KNΩ-Σ-I-ΩN, Labyrinth. BMC 43. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren II 1722 | Knossos, Crete, AE20, civic issue. 308-250 BC. 4.70 g. Head of Apollo Karneios right with ram's horn. / K-N O-Σ in two lines to left and right of thunderbolt between two eight-rayed stars. Lindgren II 1722 (this coin); Svoronos 104; Imhoof 10 in RSN 1917; Hunter 22 (obv as "Zeus Ammon"). | Text | Image |
| RPC 909 | Knossus, Crete, L. Lollius. ca 37-34 BC. Draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / L LOLLIUS across fields, Stag standing right. ID below. RPC 909; Lindgren III A128. | Text | Image |
| RPC 914 | (M Licinius?) Crassus AE25 of Crete, Cnossus. ca 37-30 BC. Crocodile right / CRAS, prow right. Svoronos 1903. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 3228 | Crete, Knossos. c 220 BC. Alliance between Knossos & Gortyna. AE 18mm. Europa on bull left, two dolphins below / KN-Ω-ΣI-ΩN, labyrinth of Minos; star above between the K & N. Svoronos 122, SNG Cop 378, BMC 36-38. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 385 | Crete, Knossos. Circa 200-67 BC. AE 16mm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Labyrinth. | Text | Image |
| Svoronos 40cf | Crete, Knossos AR Stater. ca 330–300 BC. Female head (Ariadne or Pasiphae?) left, hair rolled, in pendant earring / Labyrinth in form of swastika, four crescents between arms, five pellets in center. Cf. Svoronos 40, pl. v, 16 (same obverse die) & 20, pl. v, 3 (reverse). | Text | Image |
| Svoronos 62 | Crete, Knossos AR Stater. Circa 350-200 BC. Female head right, in single-pendant earring & necklace / Labyrinth; PIB below. BMC 11, Jameson 2518, Pozzi 1969, LeRider 10. | Text | Image |
| Svoronos 70 | Crete, Cnossus AR Drachm. ca 330-300 BC. Head of Hera left, in necklace, earring, & stephane ornamented with palmettes / KNΩΣI, labyrinth in form of square with entrance at top, flanked by letters A—P. Traité 1548. | Text | Image |
| Svoronos 80 | Crete, Knossos. ca 400-350 BC. AE 13mm. Head of Hera right / KNΩ, head of Zeus right. SNG Cop 371, BMC 16. | Text | Image |
| Svoronos 88 | Crete, Knossos. ca 400-350 BC. AE 20mm. Laureate head of Apollo left / Zeus seated left on the Labyrinth of Minos, holding Nike in his extended right hand, left elbow resting on sceptre, monogram at knee. BMC 28. | Text | Image |
| Svoronos 104 | Knossos, Crete, AE20, civic issue. 308-250 BC. 3.55 g. Head of Apollo Karneios right with ram's horn. / K-N O-Σ in two lines to left and right of thunderbolt between two eight-rayed stars. Svoronos 104 (this coin); Lindgren II 1722; Imhoof 10 in RSN 1917; Hunter 22 (obv as "Zeus Ammon"). | Text | Image |
| RPC 978 | Augustus, AE25 of Cnossus, Crete. 27 BC–14 AD. 7.62g. AVGVSTVS C N I CNOS EX D D, bare head right / AESCHINO CAES L ITER PLOTIVS PLEB IIVIR, Roma standing left, holding Victory and transverse sceptre. RO-MA across fields. RPC 978; Svoronos, Numismatique 190-191. | Text | Image |
| RPC 996 | Caligula & Germanicus AE21 of Knossos, Crete, C CAESAR AV GERMANICVS, laureate head right / GER CAESAR PVLCHRO III VARIO IIVIR, laureate head of Germanicus right. Svor. Crete 209. | Text | Image |
| RPC 1006 | Nero & Octavia AE27 of Knossos, Crete. ca 55-60 AD. NERO CLAV CAES AVG IMP LVPINO VOLVMNIO II, bare-headed, draped bust of Nero right, sceptre at shoulder / NERO CLAVD CAES AVG IMP ET OCTAVIA AVGVSTI, confronted draped bust of Claudia Octavia right, crescent above, facing bare head of Nero left, star above. RPC I 1006; Paris 802-807; Milan 1097-1098; Münster Uni 1254. | Text | Image |
| See also: | Entry for Crete, Knossos on the Digital Historia Numorum | ||
