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Coin of Knossos

Coin of Knossos



‎The Hebrews called Crete Caphtor (Deut 2:23). This silver stater, minted at Knossos, Crete about 200 B.C., portrays helmeted Athena (obverse) and her owl (reverse, bracketed by the city name in Greek). It resembles Athenian coins but the labyrinth depicts the prison of the Cretan Minotaur, a bull-headed man.  Paul sailed along Crete’s coast on his trip from Caesarea Maritima to Rome (Acts 27:7–13). It was probably after his first Roman imprisonment that he preached the gospel on Crete and left Titus to pastor there (Titus 1:5).
‎Deut 2:23, Jer 47:4, Amos 9:7, Acts 27:7–13, Titus 1:5, 1 Macc 10:67

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