The existence of the Knossos Labyrinth was perpetuated by the appearance of a labyrinth pattern on coins from the Hellenic period (336-186 BC). During the latter Hellenic period (from 330 to 270 BC) the island of Crete experienced an increase in coin production. At least 28 mints produced silver coins, the most important being "Gortyn and Phaestus on the southern Messara plain and Knossos to the north, all in the central region of Crete....."^[13] At the Knossos mint the labyrinth pattern was used to signify that coins had come from that particular mint. The labyrinth designs depicted are invariably simple and regular, which is in keeping with the use of the unicursal pattern for artistic means.

Sir Arthur Evans suggests that the Cretan coins kept alive the record both of the Labyrinth and of the Minotaur, and that their design was based on earlier seals depicted in his book.^[14]