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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Macedonia| > |Philippi| > GB91505
Philippi, Macedonia, c. 356 - 345 B.C.
|Philippi|, |Philippi,| |Macedonia,| |c.| |356| |-| |345| |B.C.|, Philippi was established by Philip II of Macedonia on the site of the Thasian colony of Krinides. It was founded to take control of the neighboring gold mines and control the route between Amphipolis and Neapolis. Philip constructed fortifications to control the passage, sent colonists, and established a mint in the city. Philippi preserved its autonomy until it was fully integrated into the Macedonian Kingdom under Philip V.
GB91505. Bronze AE 18, Bellinger Philippi 17; BMC Macedonia p. 97, 14; SNG Cop 295; SNG ANS 668, VF, dark near black patina, Philippi (near Filippoi, Greece) mint, weight 5.129g, maximum diameter 17.5mm, die axis 0o, time of Philip II, c. 356 - 345 B.C.; obverse Herakles' head right, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress; reverse tripod lebes, no symbol, ΦIΛIΠΠΩN downward on right; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection; SOLD




  







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