ISLANDS OFF SICILY. Lipara. Last quarter, 5th Century B.C. Æ hexas. 15.92 gm. 24 mm. Head of Aiolos (Aeolus) right wearing a pileos / Two pellets (mark of value) above and below ΑΙΠ across center. SNG Morcom (Western Greek Bronze coins) 862. Calciati 6/2 (I:10). HGC 2, 1763. SNG Copenhagen 1087. SNG ANS -. Very Fine; well struck, smooth green patina, a particularly attractive example of this fascinating issue. Rare.

Purchased from John Jencek.

Lipara is the largest of the Aeolian Islands off the northern coast of Sicily, on the way to Italy. Aiolis is the Greek god of the winds, probably the son of Hippotes who is mentioned in the Odyssey and Aeneid as the Keeper of the Winds, and he reputedly lived on Lipara, the most important of the islands.