Watch List notes:

Aetolian League. ; Aetolian League; c. 239-229 BC, Half-stater, 4.30g. Tsangari, p. 75, 459, pl. 24. BM-4 (same dies), Mørkhom -pl. 35, 515. Obv: Head of young Herakles r., wearing knotted lion-skin headdress. Rx: ΑΙΤΩΛΩΝ Aetolia personified, seated r. on a pile of Celtic shields, wearing causia, short chiton, chlamys and endromides, with sword slung around waist; holding spear and wreath-bearing Nike; Artemis running r. in lower r. field, quiver at shoulder; monogram in exergue. The figure of Aetolia sitting on Celtic shields might allude to a votive statue at Delphi, donated by the Aetolians in memory of their victories against the Celtic tribes invading Central Greece from 281 on, particularly the rescue of Delphi in 279 BC. Once situated at the rear front of the temple of Apollo, the statue is now lost, cf. M.F. Courby, La terrasse du temple, Fouilles de Delphes II 1 (Paris 1927), pp. 288-291. The date of the offering is less clear. It is possible that the statue was not erected before 243 BC when the Aetolians started to celebrate the Soteria festivals at Delphi which referred to their victory some 30 years earlier. Very rare; we find no other examples offered in the past 20 years. Ex Gemini IX, 9 January 2012, lot 85. Ex Gemini VI, 10 January 2010, lot 89.. Near MS