½ Stater

Features

Issuer	Aetolian League (Aitolia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	239 BC - 229 BC
Value	½ Gold Stater (10)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Gold
Weight	4.3 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 352512
References	Tsangari# 459 Dimitra I. Tsangari; 2007. Corpus des monnaies d’or, d’argent et de bronze de la Confédération étolienne = Corpus of the Coinage in Gold, Silver and Bronze of the Aetolian League. Helicon Interactive, Athens, Greece. , EHC# 515 Otto Mørkholm, Philip Grierson (ed.), Ulla Westermark (ed.); 1991. Early Hellenistic Coinage: From the Accession of Alexander to the Peace of Apamea (336-188 B.C.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. , BMC Greek# 3 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).

Obverse

Head of young Herakles right, wearing knotted lion-skin headdress.

Reverse

Aetolia, personified, seated right on a pile of Celtic shields, wearing causia, short chiton, chlamys and endromides, with sword slung around waist; holding spear and wreath-bearing Nike. To right, figure of Artemis running to right, quiver at shoulder.

Script: Greek

Lettering: AITΩΛΩN

Translation: Aitolia

Comments

Tsangari, p. 75, 459, pl. 24; BMC 3, pl. XXX, 4; Morkholm, EHC, p. 35, 515.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (239 BC - 229 BC)

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