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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Philippi (Macedon) |
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| Year | 360 BC - 356 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Philippi |
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Philippi — then called Krenides — was a small Thasian colony that invited Philip II of Macedon to intervene against Thracian pressure in 360/359 BC. Philip obliged, renamed the city after himself, and immediately exploited the gold and silver mines of nearby Mount Pangaion to fund his military ambitions. This tetradrachm predates that Macedonian absorption, struck while Krenides still functioned as an independent mint.
The coinage is exceptionally short-lived. Within a few years, Philip reorganized regional minting entirely, and autonomous issues from Philippi ceased.