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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Other Sicily| > GI28724
Lipara, Islands off Sicily, c. 350 B.C.
|Other| |Sicily|, |Lipara,| |Islands| |off| |Sicily,| |c.| |350| |B.C.|, "Sing, clear voiced Muse, of Hephaistos, renowned for his inventive skill, who with grey-eyed Athene, taught to men upon earth arts of great splendor, men who in former days lived like wild beasts in mountain caves. But having learned skills from Hephaestus, famed for his work and craftsmanship, they now, free from care, peacefully live year by year in their houses. Be gracious, Hephaestus, and grant me excellence and prosperity!" -- Homeric Hymn to Hephaestus
GI28724. Bronze hemilitron, Lindgren II 638 (this coin); Calciati I, 13, 12; SNG Cop 1095; SNG Munchen 673; SNG ANS -, F, Lipara mint, weight 3.792g, maximum diameter 21.6mm, die axis 45o, c. 350 B.C.; obverse Hephaistos seated right on folding chair, nude, hammer in right hand, kantharos(?) in left; reverse ΛIΠAPAI-ΩN, dolphin leaping over waves left; Lindgren plate coin; rare; SOLD











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