KINGS of PAEONIA. Patraos. Circa 335-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.50 g, 9h). Astibos or Damastion mint. Laureate head of Apollo right / Warrior on horse rearing right, thrusting spear held in his right hand at enemy below who defends with shield on his left arm; helmet (or omphalos?) behind horse’s rear legs; ΠA-TPAO-Y (retrograde) downward to left. Paeonian Hoard 221-6 (same dies); Peykov E2200; NBRM Paeonia 44 (same dies); SNG ANS 1032 var. (same obv. die, different symbol). Good VF, attractive old cabinet toning.
From the Friend of a Scholar Collection, purchased from Maison Platt, June 1987.
