Episode 3.9(15) – The King is dead, Who killed the King?

Family issues resolved, the advance guard of Philip’s army marched into Asia Minor. While the campaign began successfully, Philip would never make it there in person.

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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip II – Alexander III. Circa 340/36-328 BC. AV Hemistater (14mm, 4.21 g, 9h). In the name and types of Philip II. Amphipolis mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, forepart of lion right; crescent below. Le Rider 2 (D1/R2); SNG ANS 280 var. (same obv. die; different control mark); Egger XL (Prowe), lot 555 = J. Hirsch XXV (Philipsen), lot 487 = J. Hirsch XX (Hoskier), lot 243 (same dies); Triton XVIII, lot 455 = Triton VIII, lot 147 (same dies). VF. Well centered. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 728361 (January 2002); Astarte VII (10 October 2001), lot 138.
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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip II – Alexander III. Circa 340/36-328 BC. AV Quarter Stater (11mm, 2.11 g, 5h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, club and bow; thunderbolt above. Le Rider Group II, 47 (D32/R28); SNG ANS 218 (same dies); SNG Klagenfurt 334 (same dies); Bement 695 (same rev. die); Hermitage Sale II 627 (same rev. die); Pozzi 845 (same dies). Lustrous. Good VF.
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Lanz 158 (5 June 2014), lot 88
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