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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Philip III Arrhidaeus (323-317 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.60 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Abydus, ca. 323-317 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, bowl decorated with coiled serpent / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; to left, monogram above pentagram; coiled serpent left wing. Price P38. ADM II, Series XI, 171-2. Well struck on a broad flan, with flashy luster around devices.
Arrhidaeus was the illegitimate son of Philip II, king of Macedon, by a Thessalian dancer. According to Plutarch, a poisoning attempt by Philip's jealous wife Olympias left Arrhideus mentally retarded and subject to epileptic fits. His half-brother Alexander III the Great was quite fond of him and took him on all of his campaigns. When Alexander died in Babylon in June, 323 BC, a council of generals hammered out a compromise by which Arrhidaeus would be crowned as Philip III, and would reign jointly with the infant Alexander IV. However, neither had any real power, this being held by a succession of regents, all Macedonian generals. But in 320 BC, Arrhidaeus married a niece of Philip II's, Eurydice, who involved herself fully in the complex and deadly politics of the Diadochi, although she all too frequently chose the losing side. In 317 BC, she threw her support behind Cassander's successful bid to replace Polyperchon as regent. Cassande left her and Arrhidaeus in charge of Macedon while he went on campaign in Asia. Popyperchon, however, joined forces with Alexander's mother Olympias and invaded Macedon. Eurydice and Philip were captured, thrown into a dungeon, and finally executed. The gold and silver coinage of Arrhidaeus follows the patterns set by his brother, with the only difference being his regnal name substituted for Alexander's.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-6000 USD
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Philip III Arrhidaeus (323-317 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.60 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Abydus, ca. 323-317 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, bowl decorated with coiled serpent / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; to left, monogram above pentagram; coiled serpent left wing. Price P38. ADM II, Series XI, 171-2. Well struck on a broad flan, with flashy luster around devices.
Arrhidaeus was the illegitimate son of Philip II, king of Macedon, by a Thessalian dancer. According to Plutarch, a poisoning attempt by Philip's jealous wife Olympias left Arrhideus mentally retarded and subject to epileptic fits. His half-brother Alexander III the Great was quite fond of him and took him on all of his campaigns. When Alexander died in Babylon in June, 323 BC, a council of generals hammered out a compromise by which Arrhidaeus would be crowned as Philip III, and would reign jointly with the infant Alexander IV. However, neither had any real power, this being held by a succession of regents, all Macedonian generals. But in 320 BC, Arrhidaeus married a niece of Philip II's, Eurydice, who involved herself fully in the complex and deadly politics of the Diadochi, although she all too frequently chose the losing side. In 317 BC, she threw her support behind Cassander's successful bid to replace Polyperchon as regent. Cassande left her and Arrhidaeus in charge of Macedon while he went on campaign in Asia. Popyperchon, however, joined forces with Alexander's mother Olympias and invaded Macedon. Eurydice and Philip were captured, thrown into a dungeon, and finally executed. The gold and silver coinage of Arrhidaeus follows the patterns set by his brother, with the only difference being his regnal name substituted for Alexander's.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-6000 USD