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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3223170, member: 57495&quot;]There was no local source of silver on Crete and they struck their first coinage over imported coins of Kyrene, Aegina, etc.&nbsp; Later Cretan coinage would also be overstruck on earlier local issues... I doubt it would have mattered which city the earlier coins were from. </p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, Knossos and Gortyna did form an alliance on the island around 221 BC, in the run-up to the Lyttian War, where they fought against Polyrrhenia (in alliance with Lyttos, and supported by Macedonia and the Achaean League).&nbsp; During the period of their alliance, they struck a series of coins including an issue that was a double feature of types representing both cities... Gortyna&#039;s Europa on a bull on the obverse, and the Knossos Labyrinth on the reverse.&nbsp; I recently managed to acquire one of these and am eagerly awaiting its arrival.&nbsp; I&#039;ll post it when it arrives.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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