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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Philippi |
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| Year | 356 BC - 345 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Bellinger, Philippi#21, Weber#1990 |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (356 BC - 345 BC) |
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Philippi was founded by Philip II of Macedon in 356 BC, the same year this coinage begins, explicitly to control the gold and silver mines of the Pangaion Hills nearby. The city was renamed from Krenides — a Thasian colony Philip absorbed under the pretext of protection — and its mint was essentially a mechanism for converting raw ore into military capital. The Pangaion mines reportedly yielded over 1,000 talents annually, funding Philip's campaigns that would ultimately reshape the Greek world.