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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3665054, member: 96635&quot;]Glad you came to Crete to not only enjoy our food, weather and environment but also the beautiful culture! Not that many tourists do that. I am not from that area of Greece but I have been to Crete probably around 30 times.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here a coin from Crete, with ofcourse the bull, I am sure many people know that part of mythology. King Minos received from Poseidon a beautiful white bull, expecting that he would sacrifice it to the gods. But he didn&#039;t and used an inferior bull for sacrifice. Poseidon was angry and caused the wife of Minos, Pasiphae, to fall in love with the bull. She gave birth to the famous minotaur, half-human, half-bull.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/zGJjHRe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Crete, Gortyna. Bronze coin (85–82 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Bull butting left; caduceus above; in exergue: ΓΟΡΤ; all within circle of dots.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> SNG Cop. 461</p><p><b>Weight:</b> 2.22g</p><p><b>Size:</b> 13.5mm</p><p>Very rare type, but extremely rare with Hermes looking left.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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