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Kingdom of Macedon. Philip II, 359-336 BC.

O: Head of Apollo right R:Horseman right, bukranion below. SNG Copenhagen 604. 17 mm, 5.6 g

 

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Philip II is really one of the most interesting men in history ...

"I don't always conquer the the known world.. but when I want to - I have a son who can do it for me....."

 

Thanks for this very interesting write up and for sharing your Philipp II beauties. Will get the book

 

LOL, AWESOME!

 

I have read a few books, etc on Philip II. This author really put it all into perspective. Everyone KNOWS Alex III, but he started conquering Persia at 20yo. The book really puts it into perspective about the genius and life struggle that Philip II had. He took a shattered Kingdom and built it into a world power... his systems and advances were SO robust, that when he was assassinated prior to executing the plans to destroy Persia, his son relatively easily picked up the plans and executed them brilliantly. Incredible infrastructure, training, teaching was well laid by his father to enable Alex to become The Great. Amazing story, and amazing man to create this legacy. It is a shame that EVERYONE seems to know Alex III, but very few really understand how truly great his father, Philip II was. The amazing success of Alex III’s career REALLY points to the incredible brilliance of Philip II. I believe Philip II really IS the better man.

 

Oh! OP poster broke out an Alex III And a cool Babylon at that... here are a few cool ones... Lifers


Makedon Alexander III - Alexandrine Babylon Di-Shekel Tet 24mm 16.35g LIFETIME 328-311 Baal-Lion



Makedon Alexander III Lifetime Tet Myriandrus mint-Alexandria near Issus



Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AR Obol 7mm 0.51g Babylon Lifetime Herakles lion skin Club bow quiver wreathM Price 3744
1/24th of a Tet.

 

Beautiful coin of Philip tetradrachm !

 

Beautiful tetradrachm of Philip II

 

@alegandron got the book it is fascinating and so very well written, thanks again for the reference !

 

My pleasure!

I always enjoyed Philip II, thinking he HAD to have influenced Alex III greatly. Had a University Prof in the 70’s that really brought it home, but the course was all about Alexander the Great. So, he did not deep-dive into Philip II.

But, reading that Philip II book just nailed it! I am really glad you enjoyed it. He was an amazing person.

 

Who is buried in Philip II’s tomb?

I fully expected to see "Jimmy Hoffa" when I clicked on this thread.

I guess I don't understand ancients yet.

 

I stumbled upon this thread researching a new coin of mine that ended up being a good match to the first coin in this thread! I didn't know much if anything about the Macedonian kings, and I was bought this coin spuriously off of eBay under the attribution of Alexander the Great. It was under $20 so I figured it was a fake but it looked good enough and I was intrigued enough to chance it. Having it here in hand, I'm fairly confident that the coin is authentic after looking at other examples and it had just been misattributed, but I would appreciate confirmation on the authenticity as Greek coins are not my specialty. Anyways, this thread was an interesting read and I was glad to stumble upon it and I wanted to revive it a bit and share my example as well. The thunderbolt is hard to see in the photo but it's clearly there at the right angle.

Philip II
King of Macedonia
359-336 BCE
AE 17 | 5.63g
Obv: Apollo right
Rev: "ΦIΛIΠΠOY" above a young horseman right, thunderbolt below
SNG ANS 880​

 

Nice catch! No expert here, but I'd say it is authentic. A good start to a Macedonian collection.

I have a "thunderbolt" type as well -



And I just picked up a bucranium (cow skull) type off eBay a couple weeks ago. I really like this type: