3202 - Paeonia (uncertain mint) (Patraus) (tetradrachm Apollo/rider) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 208, Apr. 2009, 47)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3202

331 - 315 | ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group EA 208 (08/04/2009), no. 47.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ Paionian cavaleryman on horseback right, spearing Macedonian enemy lying below who defends himself with shield.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Damastium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Illyricum

Modern countryModern country: North Macedonia

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Patraus (king of Peonia, 340-315 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 331 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 315

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 13.3813.38 g <br />13,380 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 2 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Thraco-Macedonian (light)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (9 vols.), New York, 1969-1998, no. 1030 (same obv. die)., Paeonian Hoard 184 (same obv. die)2Paeonian Hoard 184 (same obv. die), O. D. Hoover3O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Macedon and its Neighbors. Part 1: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, Sixth to First Centuries BC - TheHandbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 3, Lancaster-London, 2016, no. 148

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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