Peonia, patraos, tetradracma, 335-315 ac ca

Patraus (

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

Πατράος; 340 BC – 315 BC) was an ancient

Paeonian In antiquity, Paeonia or Paionia ( grc, Παιονία, Paionía) was the land and kingdom of the Paeonians or Paionians ( grc, Παίονες, Paíones). The exact original boundaries of Paeonia, like the early history of its inhabitants, a ...

king preceded by

Lycceius Lycceios, Lycpeios or Lyppeios (Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek l ...

and succeeded by

Audoleon Audoleon (Greek: Αὐδολέων or Αὐδωλέων; ''gen''.: Αὐδολέοντος/Αὐδωλέωντος; 315–285 BC) was an ancient Paeonian king son of Patraus, Agis or Ariston, the general of Alexander the Great.Heckel 2006, p. 2 ...

. It has been proposed that Ariston, who notably served as a cavalry general to

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...

, was Patraus' brother.Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire by Waldemar Heckel, 2006, page 246, "Satropates' death may be depicted on the coinage of the Paeonian king, Patraus, who appears to have been Ariston's brother..."

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Ancient Coinage of Paeonia, Patraos
Paeonian kings 4th-century BC rulers {{Paionians