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v18_0095 - CRETE - KNOSSOS Drachme

CRETE - KNOSSOS Drachme XF
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 1 500.00 €
Estimate : 3 000.00 €
Realised price : 2 907.00 €
Number of bids : 11
Maximum bid : 2 907.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: 300-270 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cnossos, Crète
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 5,33 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire avec un très beau portrait et une représentation tout à fait exceptionnelle du revers. Jolie patine de collection
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Feuardent, n° 4174 (950 francs)

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Héra argienne à gauche, coiffée d’un stéphanos orné de palmettes, les cheveux longs tombant le long du cou ; collier et pendants d’oreilles.

Reverse


Reverse description : Labyrinthe carré ; grènetis.
Reverse legend : KNOSI/ A-R.

Commentary


Poids léger. Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du Cabinet des médailles de la Bibliothèque nationale et que celui du British Museum. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection Dewing, ANS. (n° 1988).

Historical background


CRETE - KNOSSOS

(3rd - 1st century BC)

Knossos was one of the oldest cities in Crete. Mythical capital of the kingdom of Minos, the city was destroyed by an earthquake in the 14th century BC. Rediscovered in the 19th century, the city of Minos was excavated by the great numismatist AJ Evans. The city was rebuilt, but never regained the grandeur of Minoan times. The beginning of coinage corresponds to the re-establishment of Democracy at the beginning of the 5th century BC. Knossos had to win over its rivals Gortyn and Lyttos. In 346 BC, the Cnossians seized Lyttos, but had to evacuate it because of Lacedaemonian intervention. After the death of Alexander the Great, Crete fell under the rule of the Lagids.

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