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Æ16
| Issuer | Hephaistia |
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| Year | 300 BC |
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| Reference(s) | SNG Copenhagen#973 |
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| Reverse lettering | ΗΦΑΙ |
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| Mintage | ND (-300) |
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Hephaistia, on the northeastern coast of Lemnos, was one of the island's two principal cities alongside Myrina. Lemnos carried deep mythological associations with Hephaistos — said to have landed there after being hurled from Olympus — and the city bore his name directly. Athenian control of the island dated to the late sixth century BC and persisted, with interruptions, well into the Hellenistic period, making the precise civic authority behind any Hephaistian bronze issue a question of local autonomy versus Athenian oversight.