Karnyx on Coin

Iconography | IC139

Date of Illustration: 279-168 BCE

Current Location: British Museum

Description: Tetradrachm of Aetolia, Reverse represents Aetolia seated on a pile of Keltic and Macedonian shields. At her feet lies a karnyx with bell mouth pointing upwards.

Citations: Powell 1948: p.265, Figure 47; British Museum, Principal coins of the Greeks, Plate 36, N0. 14