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| Issuer | Philippi (Macedon) |
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| Year | 356 BC - 345 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bust of Herakles in three-quarter profile, facing either left or right depending on die variety, enveloped in the Nemean lion skin headdress, the scalp drawn over the crown and the forepaws knotted at the neck. The rendering is bold and archaic in style, with the lion's mane rendered in deeply incised strokes characteristic of early Macedonian bronze coinage. The flan is irregular, and the type is struck without a surrounding legend or border. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Philippi was founded by Philip II of Macedon in 356 BC on the site of the Thasian colony Krenides, primarily to control the gold and silver mines of the Pangaion Hills nearby. These bronze issues belong to the earliest phase of the city's autonomous coinage, before Philip fully absorbed it into the Macedonian administrative framework. The mines financed his military campaigns and, ultimately, the ambitions of his son Alexander.