Hemidrachm

Knossos retained surprising monetary independence well into the classical period despite Cretan cities rarely achieving the political prominence of mainland poleis. The hemidrachm denomination served interisland trade routes across the Aegean, where Cretan silver — sourced largely from local deposits rather than the massive Laurion mines that funded Athenian output — circulated on its own terms.

Svoronos's classification of this type places it among the earlier Knossian issues before the city's coinage came under stronger mainland stylistic influence in the mid-fourth century.