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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Crete| > GB66106
Kydonia, Crete, c. 4th Century B.C.
|Crete|, |Kydonia,| |Crete,| |c.| |4th| |Century| |B.C.|, Kydonia or Cydonia was on the northwest coast of the island of Crete, at the site of the modern Greek city of Chania. In legend Kydonia was founded by King Cydon, a son of Hermes and of Akakallis, the daughter of King Minos. Cydonians are mentioned in book 12 of the Aeneid, where their excellent bow skills are used in an extended Virgilian simile describing the Fury's descent to Juturna.
GB66106. Bronze AE 11, SNG Cop 413; BMC Crete p. 29, 15; Svoronos Crete p. 107, 49, aVF, Kydonia (Chania, Crete, Greece) mint, weight 1.707g, maximum diameter 10.8mm, die axis 0o, c. 4th century B.C.; obverse male head right, with short hair; reverse KY-ΔΩ, hound seated right; rare; SOLD











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