Ancient Coin Stories

Let coins tell their stories…

Thunderbolt | Zeus
Dropion, King of Paeonia
Circa 250-230 BCE
Ae 5.25g 18mm
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev: ΠAIONΩN. Thunderbolt; ΔO monogram below.
AMNG III/2, p. 5, 35; Pavlovska Type I

Audaristos was located near the modern day city of Drenovo, North Macedonia. Built near the Axios river, it was considered a major city in Paeonia. Josifovski, in his paper on the coinage often associated with the Paeonian king

Thunderbolt | Zeus
Dropion, King of Paeonia
Circa 250-230 BCE
Ae 5.25g 18mm
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev: ΠAIONΩN. Thunderbolt; ΔO monogram below.
AMNG III/2, p. 5, 35; Pavlovska Type I
, suggests this coinage may have been minted there based on the overwhelming majority of find spots being around it.

Little more is known about the city.