Knossos, Kreta

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Created

When	300-280 BC
Where	Knossos

Owned

Who	Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer (1838-1920)
When	1880-1920

Owned

Who	Oskar Bernhard (1861-1939)
When	1920-1930s

Sold

Who	Henri Hoffmann (1823-1897)

Relation to places

Greece

Keywords

Architecture City Classical antiquity Coin Drachme God Hellenistic period Myth Silver

Description

Front: Kopf der Hera nach l.
Rear: Rechteckiges Labyrinth zwischen A - P.
Provenience: Slg. Bernhard, aus Slg. Imhoof-Blumer (Kauf bei H. Hoffmann, 1880)

Inscription

Rückseite: // KNΩΣI (KNΩΣI im Abschnitt)

Material/Technique

Silver; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 5.30 g

Literature

Svoronos, Crète (1890) 74 Nr. 70. – Bloesch, Winterthur 1 (1987) Nr. 2280 (diese Münze). – Zum Datum vgl. G. Le Rider, Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Etudes crétoises 15 (Paris 1966) 179.