3352 - Paeonia (uncertain mint) (Patraus) (tetradrachm Apollo/rider) over uncertain type (Hess-Divo, 317, Oct. 2010, 158)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3532

331 BCE - 315 BCE | ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Patraos 465 Peus 396.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Hess-Divo, 317, 27 Oct. 2010, 158 = Peus, 396, 2008, 226.

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.:

Paeonia (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Paeonia

Modern countryModern country:

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), Paeonian kingdom

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: 12.3912.39 g <br />12,390 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:	HGC 3.21HGC 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.:

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:	uncertain
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägungsspuren auf Av." (not surely on overstrike)

References

^ 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.