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Æ19 ΚΝΩΣΙΩΝ ΝΜΗ Β
| Issuer | Cnossus (Cyrenaica and Crete) |
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| Year | 40 BC - 30 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of a female deity, likely Hera or a local goddess, facing right, wearing an elaborate radiate or turreted crown with finely rendered parallel striations suggesting a polos or stephane headdress. The hair is depicted in smooth waves drawn back from the face, with delicate facial features rendered in the Hellenistic style. The neck is gracefully modeled, and the bust occupies the central field without accompanying legend. The style is consistent with late Hellenistic provincial bronze coinage of Crete. |
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| Reverse description | A large torch or thyrsus depicted upright in the center of the field, flanked by additional cult objects; a caduceus or similar staff is visible to the left. The Greek ethnic legend ΚΝΩΣΙΩΝ is distributed around the periphery, with the magistrate's name NMH (Mnesitheos) and the secondary designation B (numeral 2) placed within the field. A control letter or symbol appears in the lower portion of the field. The overall composition is characteristic of Cnossian civic bronze coinage of the late Hellenistic period. |
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| Mintage | ND (40 BC - 30 BC) |
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