SYBRITA
SYBRITA (
Σύθριτα, Scyl. p. 18;
Σούθριτα,
Ptol. 3.17.10;
Σούθριτος, Hierocles;
Σίθυρτος, Polyb. ap.
Steph. B. sub voce: Eth.
Σιθρύτιος, Böckh, Corp. Inscr. vol. ii. p. 637), a town of Crete, 8 M. P. from Eleutherna (
Peut. Tab.), and famous for its numerous and beautiful silver coins, which, though some of them belong to a very early period, are the finest specimens of the Cretan mint; the types are always connected with the worship of Dionysus or Hermes. (Eckhel, vol. ii. p. 320.)
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