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Drachm - Philip III Arrhidaios Kolophon
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 323 BC - 319 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned to the left, his body depicted nude to the waist with a himation draped over his lower body and left arm. He holds a long sceptre in his left hand and extends his right hand to present an eagle perched facing left. To the left field, a Macedonian shield above the letter A as a mint control mark. The legend ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ runs vertically along the right field. The throne is ornate with cross-bar legs and a footstool beneath Zeus's feet. |
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Philip III Arrhidaios was Alexander's half-brother, intellectually disabled and used as a political puppet by competing factions within the Macedonian court following Alexander's death in 323 BC. His coinage — struck at multiple mints under regent control — continued Alexander's established types almost without interruption, a deliberate choice to signal dynastic continuity during a period of acute succession crisis. The Kolophon mint on the Ionian coast was productive throughout his short reign.
He was murdered on Olympias's orders in 319 BC, having never exercised independent rule.