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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Troas| > GB83602
Birytis, Troas, c. 4th - 3rd Centuries B.C.
|Troas|, |Birytis,| |Troas,| |c.| |4th| |-| |3rd| |Centuries| |B.C.|, Birytis' precise location in western Asia Minor remains unknown but it probably stood either south of Troy or near Hellespont. 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. The attributes of Kabeiros are a rhyton and hammer.

GB83602. Bronze AE 10, SNG Cop 251, SNG Munchen 171, SGCV II 4059, VF, attractive green patina, light corrosion, Birytis mint, weight 1.052g, maximum diameter 9.8mm, die axis 0o, c. 4th - 3rd Centuries B.C.; obverse bearded head of Kabeiros right wearing pileus; reverse triskeles formed by three crescents, B-I/PY around clockwise divided by triskeles, P reversed, linear border; ex Roma Numismatics e-sale 21 (31 Oct 2015), lot 235; SOLD











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