Sicily, Aitna or Aetna
Previously called Inessa, it was renamed Aitna after 461 BC by refugees from Katana, which was previously called Aitna.
BMC 12 Sear SG 765 | Aetna, Sicily, AR litra, (0.6 g) ca 465-460 BC. Head of Selenos right, with ass' ear, wreathed with ivy. / AITNAI, Winged thunderbolt. Sear SG 765; BMC 12; SNG Fitz. 948; SNG ANS 1239 var (rev legend). | Text | Image |
Calciati 1 Sear SG 1017 | Sicily, Aitna AE24 Hemilitra. 405-401 BC. Head of Athena right in Corinthian helmet, AITNAIΩN before / horse galloping right; M above. SNG ANS 1301, Calciati 1. | Text | Image |
Calciati 1 | Aitna, Sicily. ca. 405 BC. AE Drachm, 17.58 gr. AITNΩN, Helmeted head of Athena right / Prancing horse with reins trailing, M above. Calciati P. 141, 1. | Text | Image |
Calciati 2 | SICILY, Aitna Area. Mercenaries from Adranon. c344-336 BC. AE Drachm. AΠOΛΛΩN, laureate head of Apollo left / lyre with seven strings. SNG ANS 1153. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
Calciati 3 | SICILY, Aitna. c400-350 BC. AE Litra. AITNAIΩN, wreathed head of Persephone right, in triple-pendant earring and necklace / Horse prancing right; M above. SNG ANS 1158; SNGCop 13. | Text | Image |
Calciati 6 | Sicily, Aitna. Circa 405-401 BC. AE Obol. Head of Persephone right in a wreath of grain / Horse galloping right. SNG ANS 1159. | Text | Image |
Calciati 8 Sear SG 1018 | Sicily, Aitna. After 210 BC. AE 19mm Trias. Radiate, draped bust of Apollo right / AITNAIΩN, warrior standing facing, head left, holding spear and shield, three dots to left. Calciati 8, SNG ANS 1160-1161. | Text | Image |
Calciati 8 | Aitna, Sicily, after 210 BC. AE Trias. 19mm, 5.0 gr. Head of Persephone right / Warrior standing left, holding spear and shield. Calciati 8. | Text | Image |
Calciati 10 | Aitna, Sicily, after 210 BC. AE14, 3.10 gr. Head of Persephone right / AITNAI, Cornucopiae. Calciati 10. | Text | Image |
Calciati 10 Sear SG 1019 | Sicily, Aitna, Under Roman rule, AE Hexas. After 210 BC. Head of Persephone right / AITNAIΩN, filleted cornucopiae, two dots at left. BMC 7, Calciati III 10, SNG ANS 1162ff | Text | Image |
Hill P74 | Aetna, Sicily, AR tetradrachm. 17.23 gr, 26mm. 476-431 BC. AITNAION, head of the satyr Silenos, bald and bearded, right, with pointed horse’s ear, and wearing a wreath of ivy wreath, beetle below / Zeus Aitnaios seated right on ornamented throne covered with a panther’s skin, himation draped over his left shoulder and arm, holding thunderbolt and a knotted vine staff bent into a crook at the top; to right a pine tree with an eagle perched on top. Hill, Coins of Ancient Sicily, P. 74 and Pl. 4, 13. | Text | Image |
Hoover 67 | Aetna, Sicily, AE Quadrantes, After 210 BC. Radiate, draped bust of Apollo or Helios right / AITNAIWN. Warrior standing left, head right, holding spear and shield, value mark of three dots down the left field. Hoover HGC 67-69; SNG ANS 1160-1161; CNS 8f–9b; BMC 2-4; Sear Greece 1018 var (warrior looking left). | Text | Image |
SNG ANS 1151cf | SICILY, Aitna Area. Mercenaries from Adranon. c344-336 BC. AE Drachm. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lyre with seven strings. | Text | Image |
SNG ANS 1160 | Sicily, Aitna. AE Trias, After 210 BC. 18 mm, 3.76 gr. Radiate, draped bust of Apollo right / AITNAIΩN. Warrior standing facing, head right, holding spear and shield. Calciati I, pg. 148, 8v. SNG ANS 1160-1161. | Text | Image |
SNG ANS 1234 | Sicily, Aitna, The Campani, AE Drachm. 340-330 BC. Bull butting left, ‹ above / Sixteen-pointed star. Calciati 1; SNGCop 173. | Text | Image |
Magna Graecia Coins of Aitna | |||
Entry for Sicily, Aetna on the Digital Historia Numorum | |||