fme_1009037 - CRETE - KNOSSOS Médaille, Reproduction du Statère de Cnossos, n°103
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Type : Médaille, Reproduction du Statère de Cnossos, n°103
Date: 1984
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Quantity minted : 500
Metal : copper
Diameter : 44,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 47,84 g.
Edge : lisse + corne CU + 1984 + N°103/500
Puncheon : corne CU
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène sombre astiquée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Minotaure courant vers la droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Labyrinthe carré.
Commentary
Médaille conservée dans une boîte bleue cartonnée.
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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