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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mike Margolis, post: 2916486, member: 88401&quot;]I guess some folks in Crete were in the know also. please let me know if any of these come up for auction(yeah right!). Maybe some initiates into the mysteries of Eleu[ATTACH=full]705232[/ATTACH] sius were taught about this branch of the wisdom lineages.From Wildwinds:</p><p>Freeman &amp; Sear Mail Bid Sale 13, August 25th, 2006.</p><p>Lot: 4</p><p>CRETE. Cnossus. Ca. 330–300 BC. AR stater (11.19 gm). Female</p><p>head (Ariadne or Pasiphae?) left, hair rolled, wearing</p><p>pendant earring / Labyrinth in form of swastika, four</p><p>crescents between arms, five pellets in center. Cf. Svoronos</p><p>40, pl. v, 16 (same obverse die) and 20, pl. v, 3 (reverse).</p><p>This variant unpublished in the scholarly literature.</p><p>Extremely rare. Toned. Very fine</p><p>Ex Münzen und Medaillen 66, 22–23 October 1984, lot 149.</p><p>The coin types of Cnossus famously allude to the myth of the</p><p>dangerous Minotaur. His labyrinth is depicted on the reverse</p><p>of many Cnossian coins, its form evolving over time. The</p><p>female depicted on the obverse of this stater may be</p><p>Pasiphae, wife of King Minos and mother of the Minotaur.</p><p>Estimated Value: $ 4,250</p><p><br /></p><p>... sold for high bid of $3500 [ $4025, or approx 3139.5 EUR, 2093 GBP ] including the 15% buyers fee.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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