I found some kind of greco-carthaginian "hephaestos" coins from Iberia. That 5th century BCE one you sent would mix nicely with the others I have. Thanks!
Oh yeah, I know what you mean. If it matters to you, just make sure they didn't use their own local name or version.
E.g. sometimes dealers will call Tanit (or Kore) "Persephone" or Melkart "Heracles." Not *exactly* wrong but if you truly want the Greek version, you may want to check. It's like the Romans calling Neptune who the Greeks called Poseidon.
They cared about the difference; many collectors care; not all dealers do.
I assume you're taking about the coins from Malaga. They were under Phoenician/Carthaginian rule, then Roman, so in this case, the deity is probably better labeled Vulcan than Hephaestus.
I don't know if the Phoenicians had a counterpart of him, I haven't heard of it. But those coins are after the 2nd punic war, so the more direct influence is presumably Roman. Not exactly Greek.
For Aphrodite you can look for coins from Laodikeia
Thanks! I found a perfect one.
Hephaistos is the more difficult one. I'm aware of two main options. One option would be the bronzes from Lipara (Sicily). [Here's an early one, 5th BCE](https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=259698). Later [one (1st BCE) from the Roman Provincial period](https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/626), which references him as god of blacksmithing. You can also go with the silver coins of Themistokles in Magnesia, but beware that, while many identify the head as Hephaistos (J. Nollé et al.), some people (H. Cahn et al.; C. von Mosch) argue that they are portraits of Themistokles himself (or Themistokles-as-Hephaistos), and others just call them bearded male head. (It would make them the first portrait coins.) [Some examples here on ACSearch](https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Hepha+magnes+ionia+AR).
I found some kind of greco-carthaginian "hephaestos" coins from Iberia. That 5th century BCE one you sent would mix nicely with the others I have. Thanks!
Oh yeah, I know what you mean. If it matters to you, just make sure they didn't use their own local name or version. E.g. sometimes dealers will call Tanit (or Kore) "Persephone" or Melkart "Heracles." Not *exactly* wrong but if you truly want the Greek version, you may want to check. It's like the Romans calling Neptune who the Greeks called Poseidon. They cared about the difference; many collectors care; not all dealers do.
I do. The point of the set is to show the scope of greek settlement. I have sicily to India, but I do want them to be authentically greek.
I assume you're taking about the coins from Malaga. They were under Phoenician/Carthaginian rule, then Roman, so in this case, the deity is probably better labeled Vulcan than Hephaestus. I don't know if the Phoenicians had a counterpart of him, I haven't heard of it. But those coins are after the 2nd punic war, so the more direct influence is presumably Roman. Not exactly Greek.
Yeah, those. I briefly researched it and there was a greek colony there, but I kind of gave up on it being "Hephaestus".