TYPE Greek Imperial, Thessalonika (Macedon), Imperial times (ca. 2nd c. AD), bronze AE20 DESCRIPTION . Obv: Veiled and turretted head of city-goddess r., Greek legend THESSALONIKIS Rev: Kabeiros standing left, holding rhyton and hammer, Greek legend KABEIROS REFERENCE: SGI 4820, LE 1175, BMC 51, ANS 814, Cop 387 GRADING: AVF, slightly pitted dark green patina ORDER INFO: G2708, $35 An interesting quasi-autonomous type of Thessalonika, with the scarce appearance, in both image and written name, of Kabeiros. Though apparently of Phrygian origin, this deity (or deities, as sometimes there were two or more instances of the Kabeiri) had their cult spread througout the ancient world, with numismatic appearances as far west as the Balearic islands. While in the latter case the facing, squatting Kabeiros holds a hammer and snake, here he is shown with a hammer and rhyton (drinking horn ending in animal's head).