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| Issuer | Philippi (Macedon) |
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| Year | 356 BC - 345 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Philippi#III, 13-16 |
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| Reverse description | A tall sacrificial tripod, rendered in outline with a cauldron supported on three legs, occupies the central field. To the right of the tripod appears a secondary symbol, varying by die: a cantharus (drinking cup), a bunch of grapes, or an amphora, each serving as a die-control mark to distinguish emission series. The Greek ethnic legend ΦΙΛΙΠΠΩΝ (genitive plural, meaning 'of the Philippians') is inscribed upward along the left field, identifying the issuing city of Philippi in Macedonia. The composition is bold and well-centred for the denomination, consistent with the civic bronze coinage struck under Macedonian authority in the mid-fourth century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Philippi was founded by Philip II in 356 BC, immediately after his seizure of the Thracian settlement of Krenides — a move driven almost entirely by proximity to the gold and silver mines of Mount Pangaion. The city's early bronze coinage was civic in character, issued before the Macedonian royal administration fully absorbed local monetary output into the royal mint at Pella.
The reference group Philippi III, 13–16 encompasses several die combinations struck across roughly a decade of municipal issue, after which autonomous bronze coinage from the city effectively ceased as Philip consolidated monetary control across Macedonia.