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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spargrodan, post: 6428883, member: 109905&quot;]This has been a childhood dream, shoutout to [USER=90248]@Spaniard[/USER] who inspired me to finally start. See his quest for the 12 Olympians in his thread here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/finally-succumbed-to-the-greeks-the-12-olympian-gods.361206/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/finally-succumbed-to-the-greeks-the-12-olympian-gods.361206/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/finally-succumbed-to-the-greeks-the-12-olympian-gods.361206/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My goal is to collect as many gods, goddesses, and mythological creatures as I possibly can that fit into the Greek Pantheon. I&#039;ll focus on bronzes as they often come cheaper. Some gods might be hard/impossible to find and in those cases I will settle for silver if they exist and if I can afford it. High standard is important to me which means I don&#039;t expect to acquire more than a few coins a year.</p><p><br /></p><p>To start I&#039;ll assemble the 12 Olympians, Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes and Dionysus.. But as I can&#039;t control what&#039;s available on the market I&#039;ll add other deities, monsters and heroes that comes my way if they fit the theme.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what&#039;s more suitable than to start with the king of the gods himself? My new Zeus Eleutherios arrived earlier this week, I really love the green toning on bronzes! I hope to add a beardless version of Zeus Hellanios later which is another common type for Sicily. This one had me for the portrait. The obverse is a bit weak but I still think it’s a fantastic coin, and ofcourse looks much better in hand than on picture but I think the video kind of shows a bit of how it looks IRL.</p><p>When I&#039;ve been searching for coins on the theme I deviate toward coins from Sicily and Magna Gracia so I guess many of my future acquisitions will be from these regions.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1254352[/ATTACH] </p><p>[MEDIA=vimeo]513068517[/MEDIA]</p><p><i>HGCS 2 1440 (S)</i></p><p><i>Date: c. 343-339/8 BC or 332-317 BC</i></p><p><i>Weight: 14.16 g</i></p><p><i>Mint: Syracuse</i></p><p><i>Obverse: </i>IEYΣ&nbsp; ΕΛ-ΕΥ-ΘΕΡΙΟΣ. <i>Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios r.</i></p><p><i>Reverse: </i>ΣYΡAKOΣIΩN.<i> Thunderbolt. Eagle to r.</i></p><p><i>Struck under Timoleon or the Third Democracy</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to post any of the 12 Olympians (especially bronzes!). I would love to see them, and maybe I can get ideas of what to look for on my journey to assemble my own little Greek Pantheon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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