2894 - Paeonia (uncertain mint) (Patraus) (tetradrachm Apollo/rider) over Alexander the Great (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 1971.196.1)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2894

329 BCE - 315 BCE | ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Patraos 468 over Alexander ANS.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Alexander the Great zeus eagle.jpg [2]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	New York, ANS, 1971.196.1	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Dorotheum, 24, Oct. 1961, 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 (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. 329 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: 12.4912.49 g <br />12,490 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Thraco-Macedonian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Pegan 1968	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Pegan 19681Pegan 1968, Sear I2Sear I, n° 1520, HGC 3.23HGC 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 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. ^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. 336 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 334 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 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:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Pegan, Efrem (1968), "Die frühesten Tetradrachmen Alexanders des Grossen mit dem Adler, ihre Herkunft und Entstehungszeit", Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 18, p. 99-111, pl. 10-12.
^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
^ 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.