Lot 59-017. Macedon, Philippi. Ca. 356-345 B.C. AE 18.
Lot 59-017. Macedon, Philippi. Ca. 356-345 B.C. AE 18.
Macedon, Philippi. Ca. 356-345 B.C. AE 18 (18.0 mm, 6.41 g, 3 h). Heracles wearing lion's-skin headdress left / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΩΝ, tripod, uncertain symbol to left. Bellinger, Philippi, group II; SNG ANS -; SNG Cop 298-9. Fine.
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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