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{{Overstrike
|Sale=Dorotheum 244 (10/1961), no. 461.
|Image overstriking coin=Patraos 468 over Alexander.jpg
|Image overstruck variety=Alexander the Great zeus eagle.jpg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1762280&AucID=4053&Lot=463
|Sale=Dorotheum, 24, Oct. 1961, 461
|Private collection=Hollschek collection
|Private collection=Hollschek collection
|Obverse description=Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.
|Obverse description=Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.
|Reverse legend=ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ
|Reverse legend=ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Paionian cavaleryman on horseback right, spearing Macedonian enemy lying below who defends himself with shield.
|Reverse description=Paionian cavaleryman on horseback right, spearing Macedonian enemy lying below who defends himself with shield.
|Mint=Damastium
|Mint=Damastium
|Ancient region=Illyricum
|Ancient region=Illyricum
|Authority=Patraus (king of Peonia, 340-315 BC)
|Authority=Patraus (king of Peonia, 340-315 BC)
|Date from=331
|Date from=331 BCE
|Date to=315
|Date to=315 BCE
|Denomination=Tetradrachm
|Period=Hellenistic
|Standard=Thraco-Macedonian (light)
|Metal=Silver
|Coin series reference=O. 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
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Thraco-Macedonian
|Coin series reference=Sear I, n° 1520; HGC 3.2, n° 148
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/patraos.babelon_1932.1263-1264
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.
|Overstruck reverse legend=AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
|Overstruck reverse legend=AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=Eagle right on thunderbolt, head left. In field, aplastron and bee?
|Overstruck reverse description=Eagle right on thunderbolt, head left. In field, aplastron and bee?
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
|Overstruck date from=336 BCE
|Overstruck date to=334 BCE
|Overstruck period=Classical
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Overstruck standard=Thraco-Macedonian
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
|Level of confidence=strong
}}
}}

Revision as of 08:59, 29 May 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2894


331 BCE - 315 BCE | ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
Patraos 468 over Alexander.jpg
Overstruck variety
Alexander the Great zeus eagle.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Dorotheum, 24, Oct. 1961, 461
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Hollschek collection

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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
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:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Eagle right on thunderbolt, head left. In field, aplastron and bee?
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 336 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 334 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Thraco-Macedonian
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
  2. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.