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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Crete| > GB85359
Phaistos, Crete, c. 3rd Century B.C.
|Crete|, |Phaistos,| |Crete,| |c.| |3rd| |Century| |B.C.|, In Greek mythology, Talos (or Talon) was a giant winged man of bronze who protected Europa in Crete from pirates and invaders. He circled the island's shores three times daily. The author of Bibliotheke thought Talos' bronze nature might indicate he was a survivor from Hesiod's mythical Age of Bronze. The satirist Lucian took this absurd notion that men of Hesiod's Age of Bronze were actually made of bronze and, for humorous effect, extended it to men of the Age of Gold.
GB85359. Bronze AE 17, Svoronos Crète 74; SNG Cop 520; BMC Crete p. 64, 27-28, F, a little rough, Phaistos mint, weight 3.702g, maximum diameter 17.1mm, die axis 225o, c. 3rd century B.C.; obverse Talos advancing right, nude, hurling stone in his right hand, holding another in his left hand; reverse hound on the scent to right, ΦAIC/TIΩN in two lines, starting above, ending in exergue; rare; SOLD










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