3370 - Paeonia (uncertain mint) (Patraus) (tetradrachm Apollo/rider) over uncertain type (Cambridge, FM, 1876)

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|Museum collection=Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, no. 1876
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|Image overstriking coin=Patraos 469 Fitz.jpg
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|Museum collection=Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 1876
 
|Sale=Till Sale 660
 
|Sale=Till Sale 660
 
|Obverse description=Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.
 
|Obverse description=Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.
 
|Reverse legend=ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ
 
|Reverse legend=ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ
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|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
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|Mint=Paeonia (uncertain mint)
|Ancient region=Illyricum
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|Ancient region=Paeonia
|Authority=Patraus (king of Peonia, 340-315 BC)
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|Authority=Patraus (king of Peonia, 340-315 BC); Paeonian kingdom
|Date from=331
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|Date from=331 BCE
|Date to=315
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|Date to=315 BCE
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|Period=Hellenistic
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|Metal=Silver
 
|Weight=12.34
 
|Weight=12.34
|Axis=11 h
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|Axis=11
|Denomination=Tetradrachm
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|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Thraco-Macedonian (light)
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|Standard=Thraco-Macedonian
|Coin reference=Leake, Kings, p. 19, I ; Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Volume IV. Fitzwilliam Museum: Leake and General Collections. Part II. Sicily-Thrace, London, 1947,, no. 1876  
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|Coin reference=Leake, Kings, p. 19, I ; Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Volume IV. Fitzwilliam Museum: Leake and General Collections. Part II. Sicily-Thrace, London, 1947,, no. 1876
|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
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|Coin series reference=Sear I, n° 1520; HGC 3.2, n° 148
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|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/patraos.babelon_1932.1263-1264
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|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
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|Overstruck standard=Thraco-Macedonian
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|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
 
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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3370


331 BCE - 315 BCE | ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
Patraos 469 Fitz.jpg
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, n° 1876 Sale(s)Sale(s) : Till Sale 660

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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.3412.34 g <br />12,340 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Thraco-Macedonian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Leake, Kings, p. 19, I, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Volume IV. Fitzwilliam Museum: Leake and General Collections. Part II. Sicily-Thrace, London, 1947,, no. 1876 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.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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
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: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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.