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Drachm - Philip III Lampsakos
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 323 BC - 317 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned in three-quarter left view, seated on a low throne with his feet resting on a footstool; his nude upper body is draped from the waist with a himation falling over his legs. He extends his right arm forward, upon which an eagle stands with wings closed, while his left hand grasps a long sceptre. In the left field, a serpent symbol (caduceus-like device) serves as a mint control mark. In the exergue, a crescent is visible as an additional control symbol. The Greek legend ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ runs downward along the right field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Philip III Arrhidaeus was Alexander the Great's half-brother — intellectually disabled, largely a figurehead, and manipulated throughout his brief reign by competing Macedonian generals jockeying for control of the fragmented empire. The Lampsakos mint, situated on the Hellespont and critical to Aegean trade routes, continued producing Alexander-type coinage under his name as a matter of political legitimacy rather than any real royal authority.
Price P15 is among the scarcer attributions from this mint and reign window, reflecting the turbulence of the period — Lampsakos changed hands more than once between 323 and 317 BC.