415. AITOLIAN LEAGUE.  Circa 279-260 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.62 gm). Head of
Herakles  right, wearing lion’s  skin headdress  / Aitolos seated  right on
pile of Gallic and  Macedonian shields which rest on Gallic karnyx, holding
spear and  sword; monograms  to right. Frederick Sheu,  "Coinage Systems of
Aetolia," NumChron (1960),  second group, monogram 8; BMC Thessaly pg. 194,
4ff. ($2500)

Ex Roussopoulos Collection (Hirsch XIII [1905]), lot 1600.

This coin is one of the earliest issues of the Aitolian League.