TYPE Ancient Greece, Lipara (island off Sicily), ca. 350 BC, bronze hexas (20mm), 9.81g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Head of bearded Hephaistos (Aiolos?), wearing pileos Rev: Greek legend [L]IP, a pellet below and above (denomination, "2" = hexas) REFERENCE: SG 1256 GRADING: VF / F, olive green patina, surface chips and pitting, rare ORDER INFO: G1873, $115 Despite some obvious (though inactive) surface damage, still nice detail visible in the finely styled high-relief obverse of this rare locale and issue. The identity of the deity depicted is also under some dispute. The traditional attribution is that of one of the Olympic Twelve, Hephaistos (Roman Vulcan; the Greek name still signifies a volcano in the modern language), largely based on the characteristic pointed cap, pileos (also found on his sons, the Kabeiroi); another theory sees this as the god of winds Aiolos, who gave name to several locales, including the string of islands just north of Sicily, of which Lipara is the largest.