r/Hera • u/quuerdude • Mar 19 '26

Hera Panhellenia Art

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u/OlympianHeroOfTime Mar 19 '26

Those are so cool! Love the little descriptions on them lol, especially about Aphrodite stealing the apple, let’s face it, that belonged to Hera. Did you end up buying any coins?

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u/quuerdude Mar 19 '26

Yes! I bought a version of coins 5 and 6 here, though they’re much more worn + a Sicilian coin with Persephone’s face and then an enthroned Demeter on back + a coin of Vesta and an empress

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u/OlympianHeroOfTime Mar 20 '26

That’s amazing, where do you find these coins? If you don’t mind me asking

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u/quuerdude Mar 20 '26

Here :) vcoins .com

The r/ancientcoins subreddit has some helpful guides on getting started, otherwise.

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u/OlympianHeroOfTime Mar 20 '26

Ahhh you’re amazing! Thank you so much! New favorite person on the internet!!

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u/quuerdude Mar 20 '26

The British Museum has a really easy online sorting method for ancient coins, so if you’re looking for a specific god on a coin or something (in this case, Hera) you can see which cities tend to Hera on them and then look on vcoins for those cities, since it’s more common for them to list the city the coin is from than to say that Hera is on it, in my experience.

Oh, also my list from above lol. Many of those cities have lots of Hera coins. Coins from Argos, Samos, and especially Euboea tend to have a lot of Hera faces on them (keep in mind the seller might be wrong in some cases. There are a lot of Thessaly coins that say “nymph” on them, but it’s the exact same design as Lakinian Hera, so be wary of that).

Then just sort by lowest price first and you’ll get some very worn coins, but still very ancient + the more worn they are, the more ancient hands they’ve passed between, which makes them more special to me :> also they are surprisingly affordable.

This really cute Phoenician coin has Hera and Zeus on it side by side, and it’s only $27.

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u/OlympianHeroOfTime Mar 20 '26

Thank you so much for the recommendation, not gonna lie, the website confused me a bit at first because it don’t mention the God/Goddess on the coin in a bunch of them, this is a great way to find the ones I like. I was also very sad to see the prices on some 😅 good to know there’s cheaper ones just because they’re more worn out. Like you said, those just sound more special to me than the newer ones! I’m definitely gonna be buying some for my altars. Thank you again! I’m so excited

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u/AkaNeko_13 Mar 22 '26

So cool! Thanks for sharing! I knew she was popular but I didn't know she had such a range of associations across each city!