3321 - Paeonia (uncertain mint) (Patraus) (tetradrachm Apollo/rider) over Patraus (Apollo/rider) (Gorny & Mosch, 207, Oct. 2012, 12)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3321

331 BCE - 315 BCE | ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Patraos 471 Gorny.jpg

Overstruck variety

Patraos.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch, 207, 15 Oct. 2012, 12

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 (Greek) 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 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 315 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.2111.21 g <br />11,210 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Thraco-Macedonian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear I1Sear I, n° 1520, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 148
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/patraos.babelon 1932.1263-1264

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ (Greek) 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. ᵖ:

Damastium

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Illyricum

Modern countryModern country: North Macedonia

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

Patraus (king of Peonia, 340-315 BC)

Chronology

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

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ᵖ:

Thraco-Macedonian

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	Sear I1Sear I, n° 1520, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 148
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/patraos.babelon 1932.1263-1264

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	uncertain
RemarksRemarks:	nb: maybe a double strike