2894 - Paeonia (uncertain mint) (Patraus) (tetradrachm Apollo/rider) over Alexander the Great (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 1971.196.1)
From SILVER
331 - 315 | ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Dorotheum 244 (10/1961), no. 461. | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | 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 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.: | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm | ||
| StandardStandard.: Thraco-Macedonian (light) | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. D. Hoover1O. 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.: | Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ 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. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
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: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ O. D. Hoover
