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Auction XXII 7-8 Oct 2021
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Aitolia, Aitolian League AR Stater. Circa 250-225 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right; ΦI below neck truncation / Aitolos standing to left, right foot on rock, partially draped with chlamys and with kausia hanging behind his back, holding spear in his right hand and with sword under his left arm; Δ to left, AITΩΛΩΝ to right. Tsangari 36g, D24/R-; SNG Fitzwilliam 5402 (same obverse die); Dewing 1469 (same obverse die); BCD Akarnania 444 (same obverse die). 10.67g, 26mm, 1h.
Near Mint State; in magnificent state of preservation, with sound and lustrous metal. Rare.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 261, 4 March 2019, 247;
Ex private French collection, Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 88, 8 October 2015, lot 395.
The Aitolian League was conceived during the reign of Philip II by the cities of Aitolia for their mutual benefit and protection and became a formidable rival to the Macedonian monarchs and the Achaean League. It occupied Delphi from 290 BC and gained territory steadily until, by the end of the 3rd century BC, it controlled the whole of central Greece outside Attica. At its height, the league's territory included Locris, Malis, Dolopes, part of Thessaly, Phocis, and Akarnania. The League was one of the more effective political and military confederations of its time. In 279 BC a great mass of Gauls invaded mainland Greece, and were repelled and driven out after suffering severe losses at the hands of the allied states of Greece, and in particular the Aitolians.
Near Mint State; in magnificent state of preservation, with sound and lustrous metal. Rare.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 261, 4 March 2019, 247;
Ex private French collection, Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 88, 8 October 2015, lot 395.
The Aitolian League was conceived during the reign of Philip II by the cities of Aitolia for their mutual benefit and protection and became a formidable rival to the Macedonian monarchs and the Achaean League. It occupied Delphi from 290 BC and gained territory steadily until, by the end of the 3rd century BC, it controlled the whole of central Greece outside Attica. At its height, the league's territory included Locris, Malis, Dolopes, part of Thessaly, Phocis, and Akarnania. The League was one of the more effective political and military confederations of its time. In 279 BC a great mass of Gauls invaded mainland Greece, and were repelled and driven out after suffering severe losses at the hands of the allied states of Greece, and in particular the Aitolians.