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Tetrobol Patraos type
| Issuer | Agrianes |
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| Year | 335 BC - 300 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine Macedonian style with carefully delineated wavy hair bound by a laurel wreath. The portrait is executed in low relief characteristic of Agrianean coinage of this period, with naturalistic facial features and a smooth neck truncation. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, with the effigy occupying the majority of the obverse field. |
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| Reverse script | Ancient Greek |
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The Agrianes were a Paeonian tribe from the upper Strymon valley whose warriors became among the most valued light infantry in Alexander the Great's campaigns — their king Langarus was explicitly praised by Alexander and offered a Macedonian royal marriage alliance. This coin borrows its type from the Paeonian king Patraos, whose own issues drew heavily on Macedonian stylistic conventions, creating a layered imitation that places the Agrianes firmly within the Macedonian cultural orbit of the late 4th century.