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CRETE.
the Gortynians with the object of obtaining the mastery of the whole
island, in which however they were for some time unsuccessful (Polyb.,
iv. 53). The following coins, with combined Gortynian and Cnossian
types, record this alliance:—
Europa, with inflated veil, riding on
bull; beneath, dolphins.
KN US I G.N Square labyrinth ; above,
Star or Sun.JE •'7
(Num. Chron., 1884, Pl. I. 13.)
Circ. b. c. 200.
About b.c. 200 the Athenian Cephisodorus concluded a treaty of
alliance between Athens on the one part and Attalus I, king of
Pergamus, Ptolemy V, the Aetolians, the Rhodians and the Cretans, on
the other (Paus., i. 36), against Philip V of Macedon. It is noteworthy
that apparently about this very time the towns of Cnossus, Cydonia,
Gortyna, Hierapytna, Polyrhenium, and Priansus, all adopt the types of
the Athenian tetradrachms of the ‘ new style.’ Those of Cnossus may be
thus described.
Fig. 246.
Head of Athena as on coins of Athens.
(Fig. 246.)
K N flSI fl N Owl on amphora, on which
A. In field, square labyrinth, all in
olive-wreath . . Al Attic tetradr.
Circ. b.c. 116-67.
The next and latest class of Cnossian tetradrachms (Attic wt.) cannot
be ascribed to an earlier date than about b.c. ii6, for several of the
extant specimens are found to be superstruck on coins of Antiochus IX,
Philopator, b.c. 116-96 (Zeit. f. Num., v. p. 148), nor can the series
extend beyond B. c. 67, when Crete was conquered by the Romans.
Fig, 247.
CRETE.
the Gortynians with the object of obtaining the mastery of the whole
island, in which however they were for some time unsuccessful (Polyb.,
iv. 53). The following coins, with combined Gortynian and Cnossian
types, record this alliance:—
Europa, with inflated veil, riding on
bull; beneath, dolphins.
KN US I G.N Square labyrinth ; above,
Star or Sun.JE •'7
(Num. Chron., 1884, Pl. I. 13.)
Circ. b. c. 200.
About b.c. 200 the Athenian Cephisodorus concluded a treaty of
alliance between Athens on the one part and Attalus I, king of
Pergamus, Ptolemy V, the Aetolians, the Rhodians and the Cretans, on
the other (Paus., i. 36), against Philip V of Macedon. It is noteworthy
that apparently about this very time the towns of Cnossus, Cydonia,
Gortyna, Hierapytna, Polyrhenium, and Priansus, all adopt the types of
the Athenian tetradrachms of the ‘ new style.’ Those of Cnossus may be
thus described.
Fig. 246.
Head of Athena as on coins of Athens.
(Fig. 246.)
K N flSI fl N Owl on amphora, on which
A. In field, square labyrinth, all in
olive-wreath . . Al Attic tetradr.
Circ. b.c. 116-67.
The next and latest class of Cnossian tetradrachms (Attic wt.) cannot
be ascribed to an earlier date than about b.c. ii6, for several of the
extant specimens are found to be superstruck on coins of Antiochus IX,
Philopator, b.c. 116-96 (Zeit. f. Num., v. p. 148), nor can the series
extend beyond B. c. 67, when Crete was conquered by the Romans.
Fig, 247.