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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 4711016, member: 95174"]<b><b>[ATTACH=full]1155783[/ATTACH] </b></b></p><p><b><b>Kings of Paeonia</b>, Patraos (335-315 BC), silver tetradrachm, Astibos or Damastion mint, 24mm, 11.93g</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Laureate head of Apollo r.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Mounted warrior spearing fallen enemy who defends with shield, Greek PATRAOU around, monogram to l.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reference:</b> Paeonian Hoard 168/169 (same dies); HGC 3.1, 148</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Grading:</b> AVF / VF+ , bit irregular flan, obv. o/c, light toning</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Comment:</b> Ex - W. H. Guertin collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once again it is dangerous going through old threads , I ran into one that prompted me to find an affordable example of one of these silver tetradrachm's , the obverse is obviously very off center and truthfully I bought it for the reverse, large thick silver coin a dramatic classical image.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Please post any other examples of Paeonian coinage.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 4711016, member: 95174"][B][B][ATTACH=full]1155783[/ATTACH] Kings of Paeonia[/B], Patraos (335-315 BC), silver tetradrachm, Astibos or Damastion mint, 24mm, 11.93g[/B] [B]Obverse:[/B] Laureate head of Apollo r. [B]Reverse:[/B] Mounted warrior spearing fallen enemy who defends with shield, Greek PATRAOU around, monogram to l. [B]Reference:[/B] Paeonian Hoard 168/169 (same dies); HGC 3.1, 148 [B]Grading:[/B] AVF / VF+ , bit irregular flan, obv. o/c, light toning [B]Comment:[/B] Ex - W. H. Guertin collection. Once again it is dangerous going through old threads , I ran into one that prompted me to find an affordable example of one of these silver tetradrachm's , the obverse is obviously very off center and truthfully I bought it for the reverse, large thick silver coin a dramatic classical image. [B]Please post any other examples of Paeonian coinage.[/B][/QUOTE]
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