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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Philip III Arrhidaeus (323-317 BC). AV stater (17mm, 8.46 gm, 12h). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Lifetime issue of Babylon. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose, over left shoulder, and upswept at temple, wearing beaded necklace and triple crested Corinthian helmet with long parallel crest ends pushed back on head, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ / Β-ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Nike advancing left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; ΛΥ in left field below, M in right field below wing. Price P178. Crisply struck from Fine Style dies on fully lustrous surfaces. Incredibly attractive in hand.
From the WTR Collection. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3061 NYINC (8 January 2018), lot 32023
Born ca. 359 BC, 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 Arrhidaeus intellectually disabled and subject to epileptic fits. When Alexander the Great died in Babylon in June, 323 BC, a council of generals met and determined that 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 Macedonian generals. The new king proved as compliant and simple-minded as the generals had hoped, but in 320 BC, Arrhidaeus married a niece of Philip II's, Eurydice, who had more than enough ambition for the both of them. In 317 BC, she threw her support behind Cassander's successful bid to replace Polyperchon as regent. Cassander, in turn, left her and Arrhidaeus in charge of Macedon while he went on campaign in Asia. Polyperchon joined forces with Alexander's mother Olympias and invaded Macedon. Eurydice and Arrhidaeus raised an army to oppose them, but their soldiers refused to fight. Arrhidaeus and Eurydice were captured; Olympias ordered Arrhidaeus to be executed and compelled Eurydice to commit suicide.
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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Philip III Arrhidaeus (323-317 BC). AV stater (17mm, 8.46 gm, 12h). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Lifetime issue of Babylon. Head of Athena right, hair flowing loose, over left shoulder, and upswept at temple, wearing beaded necklace and triple crested Corinthian helmet with long parallel crest ends pushed back on head, the bowl decorated with coiled serpent right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ / Β-ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Nike advancing left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled in left arm; ΛΥ in left field below, M in right field below wing. Price P178. Crisply struck from Fine Style dies on fully lustrous surfaces. Incredibly attractive in hand.
From the WTR Collection. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3061 NYINC (8 January 2018), lot 32023
Born ca. 359 BC, 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 Arrhidaeus intellectually disabled and subject to epileptic fits. When Alexander the Great died in Babylon in June, 323 BC, a council of generals met and determined that 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 Macedonian generals. The new king proved as compliant and simple-minded as the generals had hoped, but in 320 BC, Arrhidaeus married a niece of Philip II's, Eurydice, who had more than enough ambition for the both of them. In 317 BC, she threw her support behind Cassander's successful bid to replace Polyperchon as regent. Cassander, in turn, left her and Arrhidaeus in charge of Macedon while he went on campaign in Asia. Polyperchon joined forces with Alexander's mother Olympias and invaded Macedon. Eurydice and Arrhidaeus raised an army to oppose them, but their soldiers refused to fight. Arrhidaeus and Eurydice were captured; Olympias ordered Arrhidaeus to be executed and compelled Eurydice to commit suicide.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 10000-15000 USD