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<p>[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3540673, member: 96864"]Thank you for compiling and sharing all of this, I wasn't aware that Hephaestus was depicted on coins until stumbling across a hemilitron from Lipara (which had aroused concern regarding authenticity among some members here with suggestions that it could be a pressed fake):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]940891[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]940892[/ATTACH] </p><p>Sicily, Lipara. Æ Hemilitron 412-405 BC. 5.43 g, 19mm. Hephaestus seated right on legged bench, holding kantharos in his outstretched left hand, pick-like hammer in his lowered right hand; in field, pellet. Rev. ΛΙΠΑΡΑΙΩΝ around six pellets in two rows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under magnification I see lots of scratching to the high-points as though the coin was attacked with a wire brush which is promising, but since I haven't sent it in to determine authenticity yet I felt the need to get a genuine Hephaestus coin from Lipara just in case:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]940895[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]940896[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sicily, Lipara. AE Hexas 412-405 BC. 1.35g, 12mm. Hephaestus seated right, holding hammer and kantharos. Rev. ΛΙΠ between two pellets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3540673, member: 96864"]Thank you for compiling and sharing all of this, I wasn't aware that Hephaestus was depicted on coins until stumbling across a hemilitron from Lipara (which had aroused concern regarding authenticity among some members here with suggestions that it could be a pressed fake): [ATTACH=full]940891[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]940892[/ATTACH] Sicily, Lipara. Æ Hemilitron 412-405 BC. 5.43 g, 19mm. Hephaestus seated right on legged bench, holding kantharos in his outstretched left hand, pick-like hammer in his lowered right hand; in field, pellet. Rev. ΛΙΠΑΡΑΙΩΝ around six pellets in two rows. Under magnification I see lots of scratching to the high-points as though the coin was attacked with a wire brush which is promising, but since I haven't sent it in to determine authenticity yet I felt the need to get a genuine Hephaestus coin from Lipara just in case: [ATTACH]940895[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]940896[/ATTACH] Sicily, Lipara. AE Hexas 412-405 BC. 1.35g, 12mm. Hephaestus seated right, holding hammer and kantharos. Rev. ΛΙΠ between two pellets.[/QUOTE]
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