Lot 59-016. Macedon, Philippi. Ca. 356-345 B.C. AE 17. Ex Triton XV, A.K. Collection Lot 1335, A054.

Macedon, Philippi. Ca. 356-345 B.C. AE 17 (16.7 mm, 6.92 g, 1 h). Heracles wearing lion's-skin headdress right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΩΝ, tripod, laurel branch above, grape leaf to left. Bellinger, Philippi, group Ia, 3; SNG ANS 660; SNG Cop 300. VF. 

Ex Triton XV, A.K. Collection Lot 1335, A054. 

Following Philip II's capture of Amphipolis in 357 B.C. and his acqusition of the mining area of Mt.Panganion, the mining center of Krendies was renamed Philippi in the king's honor.

 

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