Drachm - Patraos

Patraos ruled Paeonia — the kingdom wedged between Macedon, Thrace, and Illyria — during a period when Philip II and then Alexander the Great dominated the surrounding region. His coinage closely mirrors Macedonian weight standards and stylistic conventions, almost certainly a deliberate political signal toward Macedon rather than against it. Paeonia survived as a client buffer state precisely by projecting the right affiliations in metal as much as in diplomacy.

The kingdom was absorbed into Macedon shortly after Alexander's death during the Wars of the Diadochi, making issues under Patraos among the last independent Paeonian coins struck before annexation ended the series entirely.