Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1548295
Area
Coins
Title
Ancient Greece Aetolian Bond Golden Stater 279-168 BC.
Face value
Year
-279
Variety / overstrike
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Gold- or silver content
Weight
Diameter
16-18 mm
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
Hoofd van Pallas Athene met helm en hangende oorbel naar rechts. Op de helm een opgerolde serpent.
Reverse
Aitolia met skepter/speer en Nike zittend naar rechts op stapel schilden. Voor haar voeten staat een kleine mannelijke figuur met een speer. In linkerveld: AITOLON in griekse letters. Monogram in afsnede.
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
KM#
Catalogue number
Vergelijkbaar met BMC Grieks, Aetolia 1 of 2; SNG Copenhagen, Aetolia 1;
Details

This exact type (without owl behind the head of Pallas Athene [BMC type 1], but with hanging earring at the front, while at the front the small standing male figure with a spear stands [BMC type 2] is not mentioned in the standard literature. mentions. A comparable coin has been put up for auction three times in the last 2 decades: -Numismatic Fine Arts XXVI (August 14, 1991), lot 72, proceeds $ 3,500. -Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Mail Bid Sale 60 (May 22, 2002), Lot 509, Revenue $ 3,600 -Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Mail Bid Sale 64 (September 24, 2003), Lot 174, yield $ 3850. This always concerns the same currency. See: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=31929 and http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=31907

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