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On the reverse of a Samothracian silver diobol dated to the Archaic period, the head of a bearded male figure, probably a Kabeiros, is depicted to the right, within dotted square bordure. He wears a helmet which looks like a pilos (cap with a conical shape).
Caption Silver diobol from Samothrace with the head of a Kabeiros
Mythic people Cabeiri (Divinities)
Type Coin
Artist/Creator mint of Samothrace
Origin Samothrace
Current position American Numismatic Society, New York
Index number 1950.191.15
Dating 500-475 BC
Notes
Το νόμισμα βρέθηκε σε θησαυρό (IGCH 696) στη θέση Κιουρπέτ της νήσου Σαμοθράκης.
Coin cn coin 42285 < Corpus Nummorum (corpus-nummorum.eu)
American Numismatic Society: Silver Diobol, Samothrace, 500 BC - 475 BC. 1950.191.15
Schwabacher W., Cabiri on archaic coins of Samothrace, ANSMN 5 (1952), σ. 49-51, πίν.12
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