Cnossus

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 269

The mint of the ancient site of Cnossus in Crete.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Cnossus (Lucullus), silver, tetradrachms (87-86 BCE)		Silver	404 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
2031 - Cnossus (stater Minotaur/labyrinth) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Gorny & Mosch, 224, Oct. 2014, 220A)		Silver	450 BC JL
2053 - Cnossus (stater Minotaur/labyrinth) over uncertain type (Leu, 33, May 1983, 341)		Silver	450 BC JL
Cnossus (stater Minotaur/labyrinth) over uncertain type (Numismatica Ars Classica, 138, 18 May 2023, 194)		Silver	445 BC JL
21964 - Cnossus (stater Demeter/labyrinth) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (CNG, 49, March 1999, 537)		Silver	330 BC JL
2095 - Cnossus (stater Demeter/labyrinth) over Halicarnassus (Gorny & Mosch, 233, Oct. 2015, 1542)		Silver	330 BC JL
21971 - Cnossus (hemidrachm Athena/labyrinth) over Rhodes (Helios/rose) (Paris, BnF, D3223)		Silver	85 BC JL
21974 - Cnossus (hemidrachm Athena/labyrinth) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 345, Feb. 2015, 51)		Silver	85 BC JL
21968 - Cnossus (tetradrachm Zeus/labyrinth) over Seleucid tetradrachm (Paris, BnF, FG 103)		Silver	70 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
22260 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cnossus (Minotaur/labyrinth) (London, BM, 1841 - B.2038)		Silver	330 BC JL
2036 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cnossus (Minotaur/labyrinth) (private coll.)		Silver	330 BC JL
22274 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cnossus (Minotaur/labyrinth) (Berlin, MK, 18218429)		Silver	330 BC JL
22014 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cnossus (Minotaur/labyrinth) (Paris, BnF, Luynes.2349)		Silver	330 BC JL
22017 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cnossus (Minotaur/labyrinth) (Paris, BnF, FG 284)		Silver	330 BC JL
22020 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cnossus (Minotaur/labyrinth) (Paris, BnF, 1966.453.2367)		Silver	329 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	cnossus
Definition:	The mint of the ancient site of Cnossus in Crete.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	589872
Ancient regionAncient region.	Crete Nomisma: crete
Modern countryModern country	Crete
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	35° 17' 52.66" N, 25° 9' 47.36" E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Knossus https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589872 http://sws.geonames.org/259627/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x32425 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7010870

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Literature

• Carrier 2017
• Imhoof-Blumer 1878
• Le Rider 1966
• Le Rider 1968
• Svoronos 1890

Authors

• Caroline Carrier
• Georges Le Rider
• Ioannes N. Svoronos