16744 - Paeonia (uncertain mint) (Patraus) (tetradrachm Apollo/rider) over uncertain type (Naumann, 87, March 2020, 51)

From SILVER


331 BCE - 315 BCE | ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
Patraos 2384 Naumann.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Naumann, 87, 1 March 2020, 51

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Reverse: ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ (Greek) Paionian cavaleryman on horseback right, spearing Macedonian enemy lying below who defends himself with shield.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Paeonia (uncertain mint) Ancient region Paeonia Modern country: Authority: Patraus (king of Peonia, 340-315 BC), Paeonian kingdom
Chronology
From 331 BCE to 315 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 12.8512.85 g <br />12,850 mg <br /> Denomination: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
Diameter: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> Standard: Thraco-Macedonian
References
Coin reference: Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Sear I, n° 1520, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.2, n° 148
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Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Reverse:
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Ancient region ᵖ Modern country: Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From to period
Physical description
References
Coin type reference ᵖ:
Additional data

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.