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<p>[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 7039637, member: 96635"]<b>Keos</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1274091[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Cyclades, Keos. Karthaia. AE. Late 3rd-early 2nd century B.C.</b></p><p><b><b>Obverse:</b> </b>Laureate head of Apollo to right.</p><p><b><b>Reverse:</b> </b>Forepart of a dog (Seirios) to left; below, fly; all within circle of rays.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> Papageorgiadou-Banis Series VIII, Issue 1. SNG Copenhagen 623-624.</p><p>3.93g; 16mm</p><p><br /></p><p>The coinage of Keos, like many islands in the Cyclades, were struck in very small amounts, consisting of mainly bronze coinage with a very small fraction of staters, obols and hemiobols. The coinage of Keos include the Dog star Seirios. Seirios held particular importance at Keos, a bright clear appearance of the star portended good fortune, while a faint appearance signaled pestilence. At Keos there was cult where inhabitants try to guard against the effects of the Dog Star using rituals. The Dog Star was burning the Cyclades with its heat and producing much pestilence on the islands and therefore the people of Keos prayed to the rural god Aristaios, the son of Apollo and Kyrene, who was taught both medicine and divination by the Centaur Chiron.</p><p>Aristaios came to the island from Libya where he was born, built an altar to the god Zeus, who then relieved the suffering of the Keians by bringing refreshing winds and rains. Aristaios ordered the islanders to perform this rite every year so as to appease the violent rising of the Dog Star and to pray to Zeus for the Etesian winds.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Crete</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1274092[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Crete, Knossos. AE. 40/30 B.C.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Laureate head of Zeus to right; to right, vertical thunderbolt. Counterstamp: eagle right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> K-Y/ Δ-A/ Σ. Eagle with spread wings standing to right.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> RPC 934; Slg. Traeger 193; Svoronos 142, Pl. VII, 19.</p><p>11.06g</p><p><br /></p><p>Crete is a history on it's own, with many city states competing with eachother to be the dominant one on the islands, mainly the famous Knossos and Gortyna, and unique mythology. The oldest coins of Crete, so far as they have been identified, cannot be assigned to an earlier period than ca. 500 B.C., while the most important period of coinage is from ca. 400-300 B.C. The autonomous issues cease about B.C. 67 with the conquest of Crete by Q. Caecilius Metellus. </p><p>The usual standard is the Aeginetic, the chief denominations being the stater or didrachm and drachm. After the age of Alexander the Attic standard gradually replaces the Aeginetic. The Cretan cities showed many remarkable examples of fine coin engraving, notably Knossos, Kydonia, Gortyna, Phaestus, and Sybrita. Cretan coins frequently portray animals and all kind of gods and items connected to the mythology of the island, such as the labyrinth. Crete also struck bronze coins, but these were issued on a much later date compared to the rest of the Greek world.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you enjoyed the coins and the information, please share your coins of the Greek islands![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 7039637, member: 96635"][B]Keos[/B] [ATTACH=full]1274091[/ATTACH] [B]Cyclades, Keos. Karthaia. AE. Late 3rd-early 2nd century B.C. [B]Obverse:[/B] [/B]Laureate head of Apollo to right. [B][B]Reverse:[/B] [/B]Forepart of a dog (Seirios) to left; below, fly; all within circle of rays. [B]Reference:[/B] Papageorgiadou-Banis Series VIII, Issue 1. SNG Copenhagen 623-624. 3.93g; 16mm The coinage of Keos, like many islands in the Cyclades, were struck in very small amounts, consisting of mainly bronze coinage with a very small fraction of staters, obols and hemiobols. The coinage of Keos include the Dog star Seirios. Seirios held particular importance at Keos, a bright clear appearance of the star portended good fortune, while a faint appearance signaled pestilence. At Keos there was cult where inhabitants try to guard against the effects of the Dog Star using rituals. The Dog Star was burning the Cyclades with its heat and producing much pestilence on the islands and therefore the people of Keos prayed to the rural god Aristaios, the son of Apollo and Kyrene, who was taught both medicine and divination by the Centaur Chiron. Aristaios came to the island from Libya where he was born, built an altar to the god Zeus, who then relieved the suffering of the Keians by bringing refreshing winds and rains. Aristaios ordered the islanders to perform this rite every year so as to appease the violent rising of the Dog Star and to pray to Zeus for the Etesian winds. [B]Crete[/B] [ATTACH=full]1274092[/ATTACH] [B]Crete, Knossos. AE. 40/30 B.C. Obverse:[/B] Laureate head of Zeus to right; to right, vertical thunderbolt. Counterstamp: eagle right. [B]Reverse:[/B] K-Y/ Δ-A/ Σ. Eagle with spread wings standing to right. [B]Reference:[/B] RPC 934; Slg. Traeger 193; Svoronos 142, Pl. VII, 19. 11.06g Crete is a history on it's own, with many city states competing with eachother to be the dominant one on the islands, mainly the famous Knossos and Gortyna, and unique mythology. The oldest coins of Crete, so far as they have been identified, cannot be assigned to an earlier period than ca. 500 B.C., while the most important period of coinage is from ca. 400-300 B.C. The autonomous issues cease about B.C. 67 with the conquest of Crete by Q. Caecilius Metellus. The usual standard is the Aeginetic, the chief denominations being the stater or didrachm and drachm. After the age of Alexander the Attic standard gradually replaces the Aeginetic. The Cretan cities showed many remarkable examples of fine coin engraving, notably Knossos, Kydonia, Gortyna, Phaestus, and Sybrita. Cretan coins frequently portray animals and all kind of gods and items connected to the mythology of the island, such as the labyrinth. Crete also struck bronze coins, but these were issued on a much later date compared to the rest of the Greek world. I hope you enjoyed the coins and the information, please share your coins of the Greek islands![/QUOTE]
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