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Triobol
| Issuer | Aetolian League |
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| Year | 225 BC - 170 BC |
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| Weight | 2.57 g |
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| Reverse description | The Calydonian boar advancing to right, depicted with bristled back and powerful musculature, occupying the upper portion of the reverse field. Above the boar, a monogram of the letters ΥΕ appears in the right field. A horizontal ground line divides the design, below which a monogram of ΑΡ appears to the left alongside a spearhead pointing to the right. The ethnic legend ΑΙΤΩΛΩΝ is distributed in the field, identifying the issuing authority of the Aetolian League. |
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| Mintage | ND (225 BC - 170 BC) |
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The Aetolian League reached its political apex in the early third century BC, controlling the sanctuary at Delphi after expelling a Galatian raid in 279 BC — an act of prestige that gave the League de facto authority over the Amphictyonic Council and, with it, influence over much of central Greece. The silver coinage issued across the following decades reflects a confederation operating at genuine pan-Hellenic weight, not merely a regional military alliance.
BCD Akarnania 478 places this piece within the broader BCD collection's treatment of western Greek federal coinage, where Akarnanians and Aetolians intersected both politically and numismatically.