The Greek Pantheon/Hall of Fame

@Orielensis .......Nice set!....I'm also in the process of collecing the 12 Dei consentes too and really like your simple Minerva, Who's the Emperor?

 

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It's Septimius Severus. Here is the full coin with attribution:

Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 195 AD, Rome mint. Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP V; head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: P M TR P III COS II P P; Minerva, helmeted, draped to feet, standing l., holding spear downward in r. hand and round shield at side in l. hand. 18mm, 3.15g. Ref: RIC IV.1 Septimius Severus 61.

 

Cool didn't know they also issued Athenian owl types.

Thanks and nice rare Hera!

Thanks @Alegandron! That's a wondaful collection of the big 12. The second Hermes is gorgeous. For my collection I will try to find pieces from the Classical to Hellenistic, pre Roman era though.

That's a lovely roman version of the 12. I have actually been thinking of widening the pantheon later on to include more cross over mythology. But that might be for the future, I have some Greek I need to collect first.

 

Thanks, sweet coin!

 

Thanks! Very nice especially the patination on your coin. Haha I was looking for your version but couldn't find any that I liked. Seems to be a bit scarcer than my version.

 

That Minerva pose was also used by Hadrian.

 

That is a lovely Zeus Eleutherios, Spargrodan. I have that coin but it's not as nice as yours.
This is an interesting thread for me because my main collecting area is Greek bronze and I have just realised that without ever actually identifying the Olympians as a collecting goal I have somehow acquired all of them except Hephaestus. He will now go to the top of my target list! Here are a selection.

ZEUS



Phrygia, Apameia, after 133 BC. Zeus/Cult Statue of Artemis Anaitis.

POSEIDON



Hieron II, Syracuse, 275-216 BC. Poseidon/Ornamented trident between two dolphins.

ATHENA



Seleukids, Antiochos I Soter, 281-261 BC. Helmeted head of Athena/Nike with wreath and palm-frond.

APOLLO



Thessalian League, second half of 2nd century BC. Apollo/Athena Itonia with spear and shield.

ARTEMIS



Pontos, Amisos, circa 125-100 BC. Artemis/Tripod.

APHRODITE



Phrygia, Laodikeia ad Lycum, after 133 BC. Aphrodite/Filleted double cornucopia.

HERMES



Aeolis, Aigai, 2nd/Ist centuries BC. Hermes wearing petasos/Forepart of goat.

DIONYSUS



Pontos, Amisos, circa 120-63 BC. Dionysus/Cista mystica with panther skin.

 

Thanks @IanG. Wow, what a nice collection of bronzes. Happy to hear there are more bronze fantasts out there. I think Hephaestus might be one of the most tricky to get. Well maybe Hestia is harder to find. Good luck with the hunt I'm looking forward to see it if you find him!

 

Long time since I posted something, so time to update this thread with a coin I acquired at the beginning of the year but haven't posted so far.

Persephone, Kore or the roman version, Porsepina is not one of the great 12 but the daughter of two of them, Zeus and Demeter and wife to a third, Hades. She was an important deity, maybe most known from the story where Hades abducted her to the underworld.

This is the second acquisition for my greek pantheon collection. I prefer quality over quantity and have been super picky, it’s hard to find coins to fit as I try to stick to a budget and don’t want to pay too much. I was very happy to find this gem in super condition and it didn't cost me an arm. It's also very rare according to HGCS but I think that's rather common than not when it comes to ancient greek coins.

HGCS 2 1442 (R2)
Date: c. 343-332 BC or 334-317 BC
Weight: 11.24 g
Mint: Syracuse
Obverse: ΣYΡAKOΣIΩN. Head of Persephone l., wreathed with grain.
Reverse: Pegasos flying l. Mint mark Σ below.
Struck under Timoleon or the Third Democracy

Please feel free to post Persephone related coins or anything that fits into the Greek Pantheon.

 

APOLLO MY SECOND OLYMPIAN

Mythology
We all know Zeus just couldn't keep his dick in his pants which is the main cause for many greek myths, one of them is the origin of Apollo.
Hera wasn’t happy that Zeus had had it together with another woman again and ordered all land to reject Leto who was seeking a birthplace; in the end she found sanctuary on the floating island Delos. The first birth was easy but there were twins so when Artemis had been born she helped her mother with the labour of Apollo that took another nine days and nine nights. Traumatized by the complicated birth of her twin brother, Artemis decided to stay a virgin. Only days after his birth Apollo seeked out and slayed Python, the serpent that Hera had sent to kill his mother. At the location where he killed the snake he founded the temple of Apollo and Oracle of Delfi.

Apollo is one of the most complex gods in the greek mythology. He is youth and beauty personified and associated with light, archery, dance and music, prophecy, pests and epidemics to name a few. He might have taken over the role as the sun god from the titan Helios at a later stage.


Gryneion
My latest acquisitions are two coins depicting Apollo. My first coin is from Gyrneion, one of twelve important cities of Aeolis that later was conquered by Myrina (Turkey's west coast). In 334 BC the city was destroyed and its citizens sold as slaves by Parmenios, one of Alexander the Great's generals. The city was famous for its oracle and temple to Apollo in white marble.




Aiolis, Gryneion Æ 17mm. Circa 4th Century BC. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly to left / ΓΥΡΝΗΩΝ, mussel shell. BMC 1; SNG München 438; SNG Copenhagen 202; SNG von Aulock 7689. 3.01g, 17mm, 5h. Rarely this well preserved.

Syracuse
Agathokles was born in Himera and the son of a potter. He joined the army under Timoleon and his popularity led to his banishment from the city by the oligarchy that had taken power in Syracuse after Timoleons death. In 317BC he returned with a mercenary army and conquered the city, killing many of the leaders and rich nobles and named himself master of Syracuse. War with Carthage followed and after the peace treaty 306 BC Agathokles made himself king over Syracuse 304 BC. Before his death he made sure to restore the Syracusan democracy in the city as he didn’t want his sons to succeed him.


Sicily, Syracuse Æ Litra. Agathokles (Third Democracy), circa 310-305 BC. ΣYPAKOΣ[IΩN], laureate head of Apollo to left, amphora to right / Pegasos flying to left; uncertain letter(s) below. Cf. CNS 85; HGC 2, 1486 (Agathokles). 5.50g, 19mm, 9h.

 

Mine are mostly crusty... but I have a few...


Ares


Apollo


Neptune


Mars

Jupiter

 

Very nice! I see that you also have the same variant that I just got. I like the Trajan one with the walking Mars.

 

Some Greek bronzes -



Aeolis, Aigai Æ12. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Forepart of goat right; monograms above and to right. SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen 14; SNG von Aulock -.



Aiolis. Myrina circa 400-300 BC. Bronze Æ 10 mm., 0,69 g.
Helmeted head of Athena right
Amphora "MY-PI"
SNG Cop 216-220; SNG Munich 570

A Seleukid Artemis



Seleukid Kingdom. Magnesia on the Maeander . Seleukos II Kallinikos 246-226 BC. Bronze Æ 17 mm., 4,02 g.
Obv: Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY.
Apollo standing left, testing arrow and resting bow on ground; all within maeander pattern. Controls: Monogram in field to outer right, two monograms in field to outer left.
SC 670.