Roman-era Labyrinth coins
The myth of the maze-like Labyrinth is alive and well in these Roman coins from the Knossos area.
The Minotaur was often depicted on the reverse side. You can just make out the Greek letters for "Knossos" on the bottom of the right-hand coin. By the Roman era, the ruins of the Labyrinth on Kefala hill had been buried for 1,200 years, but in places evidence of ancient walls remained. In later times, people believed the Roman quarries at Gortyn were the site of the ancient Labyrinth, due to the twisting passages.
The discovery of such coins and other artifacts in the Knossos area later helped early excavator and native Cretan Minos Kalokairinos pinpoint the location of the actual Labyrinth in 1878.