27224 - Paeonia (uncertain mint) (Patraus) (tetradrachm Apollo/rider) over Patraus (Apollo/rider) (Elsen, 152, 9 Dec. 2022, 342)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 27224


329 BCE - 315 BCE | ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
Patraos_Elsen,_152,_9_Dec._2022,_342.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Patraos.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Elsen, 46, 21 septembre 1996, 154 = Elsen, 152, 9 Dec. 2022, 342

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 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: 12.2312.23 g <br />12,230 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Thraco-Macedonian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: 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.: 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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : 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
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 : Sear I1Sear I, n° 1520, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 148
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Traces de surfrappe"

References

  1. a b  Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
  2. a b  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.