Tetradrachm In the name of Philip II, Pella

These posthumous tetradrachms struck at Pella in Philip II's name were issued well after his assassination in 336 BC, a practice that reflected the extraordinary monetary authority his coinage had accumulated across the Greek world. Philip's silver issues had become a trusted trade currency from the Aegean to the Black Sea, and his successors — including Antipater, who controlled Macedonia during this period — found it commercially advantageous to keep striking under his name rather than introduce unfamiliar types. The specific die grouping referenced by Le Rider 530f places this coin within the Lamian War years, when Antipater needed hard currency to fund military operations against the revolting Greek states.