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Auction 19  17 Nov 2019
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Lot 97

Estimate: 2500 CHF
Price realized: 2400 CHF
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AITOLIA, Aitolian League. Circa 250-225 BC. Stater (Silver, 26.5 mm, 10.43 g, 6 h). Head of Apollo to right, wearing oak wreath; below neck, ΦΙ. Rev. ΑΙΤΩΛΩΝ Aitolos, nude but for his petasos, hanging from its neck strap down his back, his sword, in its scabbard under his left arm and his chlamys draped over his right leg, standing left, holding his spear in his right hand and with his right foot propped on a boulder; in field to left, Δ. BCD Akarnania 444. BMC 10. De Laix 72, 12. Tsangari 737 (D24/R73 this coin). A remarkably sharp and attractive example, struck on a broad flan. Very minor die rust on the obverse, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Gorny & Mosch 141, 10 October 2005, 124, Lanz 58, 21 November 1991, 153, and Numismatic Fine Arts 25, 29 November 1990, 99.
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