Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver gray coin with relief decoration on each side.
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Within the circle on the left is the profile of a naked man with a bull’s head facing left. It’s arms and legs are bent, with the right arm and leg in front in a running position. The circle on the right depicts a cross. Within the cross are meandering lines in a labyrinth pattern. At the center of the cross are five small circles, one in the middle with two on the right and two on the left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1981
Title
Stater of Knossos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
425 BCE-360 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete, Knossos (Crete)
Period
Classical period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/170284

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3400, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Greece in Black and Orange
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
11.74 g
Denomination
stater

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hess-Leu 24 March 1959 lot 220

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Le Rider p.173; Svoronos nos. 1-3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number
1.1965.1981
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Minotaur running to l.
Reverse: Labyrinth in meander pattern

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Coins

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