AITOLIAN LEAGUE. Circa 279-260 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.58 gm). 
Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress 
AITWLWN, Aitolos seated right on a Macedonian shield which rests 
on a pile of three Gallic shields, which rest on Gallic karnyx, 
holding spear in right hand, sword in left; monogram and IH to 
right. 
Frederick Sheu, "Coinage Systems of Aetolia," NumChron (1960), 
monogram 1; Boston MFA Suppl. 90 (same dies); 
McClean 5401 (same obverse die). Toned, good VF, some peripheral porosity. 
Rare. ($1500) Ex Robert Schonwalter Collection. This coin is one of 
the earliest issues of the Aitolian League. The reverse of this 
tetradrachm shows Aitolia seated on a pile of shields, as on one 
of the sculptures dedicated in the temple of Apollo at Delphi to 
commemorate the repulse of the Gallic invasion of 279 BC.

Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1351.
 
 Lot sold for $3250, plus buyers fees.

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