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Troas. Birytis
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Sear 4057; SNG Copenhagen 249;BMC Troas p. 40, 4
AE 11, struck ca. 300 B.C., 10.87 mm. max, 1.39 g, 0°
Obv.: Head of beardless Kabeiros left, wearing pileus; star on each side.
Rev.: B-I / P-Y in fields at sides of club, all within laurel wreath.
Birytis' precise location in the Troad remains unknown. Numismatics provides our only evidence this city existed.
The god Kabeiros is similar in appearance to Dionysos and the rites of his cult were likely similar to those of the Dionysian mysteries.
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