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Coin of Knossos with head of Zeus (or Minos)
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 200–67 B.C.
Mint: Crete, Knossos
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 16.5 mm. Weight: 3.07 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.767
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Zeus or Minos right.
Reverse: Square labyrinth.
In field, Triton (?).
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Square labyrinth.
In field, Triton (?).
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: in the collection of an English clergyman (now MFA 65.636-65.870); about 1963: collection purchased at auction in London by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; collection purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 9,1965