HELLENISTIC GREECE
KINGDOM OF MACEDON - EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
REIGN OF PHILIP III (323-317 BC)
GRADED BY NGC CHOICE VERY FINE
OBV: HERACLES.
REV: ZEUS.
BORN ARRHIDAEUS (359-317), SON OF PHILIP II OF MACEDON AND HALF-BROTHER TO ALEXANDER III (THE GREAT), HE WAS IN BABYLON AT THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER IN 323 BCE.
MENTALLY UNFIT, HE BECAME KING AFTER MUCH INTRIGUE AND VIOLENCE AMONG THE MACEDONIANS AND, IN A COMPROMISE, ASSUMED THE THRONE AS PHILLIP III. HE WAS TO REIGN, BUT NOT RULE, ALONGSIDE HIS INFANT NEPHEW ALEXANDER IV (POSTHUMOUS SON OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND ROXANA), WITH THE GENERAL, PERDICCAS, AS REGENT.
THE FIRST WAR OF ALEXANDER'S GENERALS, THE DIODOCHI, GAVE EURYDICE, THE AMBITIOUS WIFE OF PHILIP III, THE CHANCE TO MOVE AGAINST PERDICCAS, WHO WAS ASSASINATED.
EURYDICE INTRIGUED AGAIN AGAINST THE NEXT FEW REGENTS, TRYING TO FREE CONTROL OF HER HUSBAND AND GIVE HER THE POWER THAT SHE CRAVED.
OLYMPIAS, MOTHER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, INVADED MACEDON WITH HER NEPHEW (THE KING OF EPIRUS) AND THE HELP OF THEN REGENT POLYPERCHON, CAPTURED PHILIP III AND PROUD EURYDICE.
PHILIP III WAS EXECUTED AND EURYDICE WAS FORCED TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
CONTAINS 4.26 GRAMS OF SILVER
17 MM IN DIAMETER
