Stater - Philip III Arrhidaeus Abydos

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背面描述	Nike standing in three-quarter view to the left, holding a wreath extended in her right hand and a stylis (naval standard) in her left hand. A cornucopia appears in the left field, serving as a mint control symbol. The legend ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ is inscribed to the right of the figure. The composition follows the established Macedonian gold stater type introduced by Philip II and continued under his successors.
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铸币厂	Abydos
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附加信息	Philip III Arrhidaeus was Alexander the Great's half-brother — intellectually disabled, possibly epileptic, and installed as king by the Macedonian infantry faction immediately after Alexander's death in 323 BC as a compromise candidate against the claims of Alexander's unborn son. He never exercised real power. The coinage issued in his name, including this Abydos stater, continued Alexander's established monetary types almost without modification, a deliberate policy choice by the regents Perdiccas and later Antipater to maintain economic continuity across the fractured empire. Abydos, positioned at the Hellespont, held obvious strategic importance for controlling movement between Europe and Asia. Price P28 is among the less frequently encountered of the Philip III regional issues.

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