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Tetradrachm of Aitolian League with head of Herakles
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 239–229 B.C.
Mint: Aitolia, Aitolian League
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 29 mm. Weight: 16.77 gm. Die Axis: 2
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number58.1180
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 090.
DescriptionObverse: Head of the young Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin, paws knotted under chin.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Aetolia seated to right, on a pile of Gaulish shields, spear in right hand and sword in left. She wears kausia, chlamys (around left arm) and short, slipped chiton.
The ground line is formed by a long trumpet, a dragon-headed Gallic carnyx.
Inscriptions to left, upwards, and in right field. Monogram at right.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Aetolia seated to right, on a pile of Gaulish shields, spear in right hand and sword in left. She wears kausia, chlamys (around left arm) and short, slipped chiton.
The ground line is formed by a long trumpet, a dragon-headed Gallic carnyx.
Inscriptions to left, upwards, and in right field. Monogram at right.
ProvenanceBy 1914: with Jacob Hirsch, Arcisstrasse 17, Munich, Germany (Hirsch auction 34, May 5ff., 1914, lot 319); by date unknown: with A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London, W.C. 2; December 11, 1958: purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. for £ 150/0/0