3733 - Paeonia (uncertain mint) (Patraus) (tetradrachm Apollo/rider) over uncertain type (Auctiones, EA 26, May 2014, 10)
From SILVER
331 - 315 | ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Auctiones EA 26 (18/05/2014), no. 10. | |
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.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.812.8 g <br />12,800 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br /> | 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.: | 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: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ O. D. Hoover
