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| Issuer | Birytis |
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| Year | 350 BC - 300 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Beardless bust of Kabeiros, the chthonic deity of the Samothracian mysteries, facing left, depicted wearing a conical pileus. Flanking the bust are two six-pointed stars, one in the upper left field and one in the upper right field, serving as divine attributes associated with the Kabeiroi cult. The portrait is rendered in a local Hellenistic style characteristic of Mysian civic coinage, with broad, somewhat provincial die-cutting. The flan is irregular in shape, as is typical of hammered bronze civic issues of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Four Greek letters — Β, Ι, Ρ, Υ — arranged within the field, representing the ethnic abbreviation ΒΙΡΥ for the city of Birytis in Mysia. The legend is enclosed within a wreath composed of laurel or olive branches tied at the base, a standard device on Hellenistic civic bronze coinage serving to frame and dignify the city's name. The die work is somewhat crude and the strike uneven, consistent with small-denomination municipal bronzes of the late fourth century BC. The surface shows a dark green patina with areas of encrustation typical of excavated or long-circulated ancient bronze. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΙΡΥ (Translation: Birytis) |
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