The Twelve Olympian Gods.

OK....
Well this god was always going to be a tough one to acquire in decent condition within a tight budget. Luckily saw this one which is a nice looker for the type and has a lovely green patina. It shows Hermes wearing the classic Petasos hat and has an interesting depiction of a Griffin on the reverse.
Amazing that this coin is over 2300 years old..

Fourth of the dozen....
HERMES.
Hermes was the son of Zeus and Maia (1 of the Pleiades - The 7 daughters of the Titan Atlas). He was the messanger of the gods being able to move freely between the worlds of the mortal and the divine using his winged sandals - Nice touch...
God of boundaries, roads and travelers, commerce, thieves, athletes, shepherds and a Psychopomp (responsible for escorting newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife)..
Symbols associated with him are the Talaria (winged sandals), caduceus, tortoise, lyre, rooster, Petasos (Winged helmet).
His Roman counterpart being Mercury.
This coin was minted in Phocaia (modern day Foca,Turkey.) the Northern most Ionian city on the West coast of Ancient Asia Minor (Anatolia). Situated near the mouth of the ancient river Hermus and, having two natural harbours, became a major seafaring city as the Phocaeans were the first Greeks to make long sea-voyages founding and colonising Massalia (Modern day Marseille, France), Emporion (Modern day Empuries, Catalonia Spain) and Elea (Modern day Velia, Italy).
Ionia, Phokaia, c. 350-300 BC. Æ (15mm, 4.36g, 11h). Phokleon, magistrate.
Obverse..Head of Hermes facing left wearing a Petasos hat tied at the back.
Reverse..Forepart of a griffin springing left. ΦΩKAEΩN (PHOKAEON), name of the magistrate below.
SNG Copenhagen 1039ff (magistrate); BMC 101.

Here's the four together...Note..The Hermes is the oldest coin I possess in my coin collection...Paul.

@Doucet...Thanks
I was initially looking at a couple of Tragilos coins with the rose reverse, the same as your example, and nearly pulled the trigger on one when this one popped up...Its not only the oldest coin in my collection but also my sole Griffin, my favourite coin of the set so far...

Not sure if you've seen my post regarding your Poseidon coin at the end of page 2 but you might find it interesting...Paul

Yep, nice entry from Phokaia, with a great griffin.

And the next....We're geting close to the 1/2 dozen here! Again this guy along with Zeus is up there as one of the most portrayed portraits on ancient coinage. Picked this one as I really liked the depiction of Athena Itonia on the reverse.
APOLLO
He was born on the Greek island of Delos..Son of Zeus and Leto-(Daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe).
God of the oracles, Prophecy, healing, archery, music and arts, sunlight, knowledge, herds and flocks, and protection of the young...
Symbols associated with him are the Lyre, Laurel wreath, Python, Raven and bow and arrow. His sacred animals were the wolf, swan and dolphin...
He is also one of the few Greek gods whose name was kept by the Romans..
This coin is from the Thessalian League which was an alliance of city-states and tribes in the Thessalian plains of Greece the capital being Larissa and was run by a few
aristocratic Thessalian families (Aleuadae and Skopadae).. This type coin commenced following the great victory of the Roman general Flamininus over Philip V of Macedon, in 197 B.C., the freedom of the Greeks was proclaimed at Corinth and a number of new autonomous coinages were initiated. Those in the name of the Thessali were struck probably at Larissa.
Thessalian League. Around 197-150 BC. AE Trichalcon (7.64 gm, 19mm). Hippolo(chos), magistrates.
Obverse: laureate head of Apollo right.
Reverse: ΘEΣΣA ΛΩN (THESSALON) in two lines, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm; ΙΠΠ-ΟΛΟ (IPOLLO magistrates name) over spear and A-PI across central field.
BCD Thessaly II, 900.3; Rogers 21.SNG Copenhagen 315.

Here's a breakdown of the reverse legend...But I'm unsure what the A-PI across the central field signifies?

Here's the five together...

Another nicely detailed coin Paul, with a super Athena Itonia reverse.

The group looks amazing, and you are almost half way there already. I look forward to seeing your next acquisition.

Jim

Old Celator article about her:
http://community.vcoins.com/the-cel...vol-17-no-9/

Although the article title is "Five Olympian Goddesses Part I," there was never any follow-up in subsequent issues.

Well, Paul, I guess if you want a definitive i.d. to Aphrodite - with no competing theories regarding the identity of the obverse bust - then that issue should be avoided. It comes down to how much uncertainty you're willing to accept.

Btw, if you want instructions for how to download that Celator as a .pdf, email me.

And Hestia is almost impossible to find... but you removed her from your list