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Stater
| Issuer | Knossos |
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| Year | 360 BC - 320 BC |
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| Value | Silver Stater (3) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of a female divinity, identified by some authorities as Persephone, rendered in three-quarter left-facing profile. The hair is elaborately dressed and crowned with a wreath of grain ears, consistent with chthonic and agricultural iconography. A triple-pendant earring adorns the ear, and a pearl necklace encircles the neck. The portraiture reflects the refined Classicizing style of Cretan die engravers of the mid-fourth century BC, with carefully modeled facial features and delicate surface treatment. |
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| Reverse script | Greek, Greek (retrograde) |
| Reverse lettering | NAΓ KNO-ΣI[ON] |
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