TROAS, Birytis
AE12. 1.2g, 11.8mm
MINTED: TROAS, Birytis, circa 350-250 BC
REF: SNG Cop 250; BMC 5
OBVERSE: Head of pileus-wearing bearded Kabeiros left.
REVERSE: B-I/P-Y in fields at sides of club, all within laurel wreath.
 
Grade/Notes:
Near Fine.
 
Historical Notes:
Troas, or the Troad (now Biga Peninsula in modern day Turkey), was a region in ancient northwestern Anatolia bound by the Dardanelles and the Aegean Sea, and cut off from the rest of Anatolia by Mount Ida. The site of ancient Birytis, a city in Troas, remains unlocated.  It may have stood south of Troy, or near Kebren.