Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC)

Mints

King (basileus) of Macedon from 359 BCE until his assassination in 336 BCE. He was the father of Alexander the Great and Philip III.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
H 114 - Amphipolis (Philip II), silver, tetradrachms (357-348 BCE)		Silver	23,216 kg
Pella (Philip II), silver, tetradrachms (359-348 BCE)		Silver	21,113 kg
Pella (Philip II and Alexander the Great), silver, didrachms (359-328 BCE)		Silver	1,795 kg
H 118 - Amphipolis (Philip II), silver, didrachms (357-348 BCE)		Silver	1,978 kg
Pella (Philip II), silver, drachms (359-348 BCE)		Silver	536 kg
Pella (Philip II), silver, hemidrachms (359-348 BCE)		Silver	2,173 kg
H 120 - Amphipolis (Philip II), silver, drachms (357-348 BCE)		Silver	847 kg
H 115 - Amphipolis (Philip II), silver, tetradrachms (348-328 BCE)		Silver	60,437 kg
Pella (Philip II and Alexander), silver, tetradrachms (348-328 BCE)		Silver	43,635 kg
Pella (Philip II and Alexander the Great), silver, 1/5 tetradrachms (348-315 BCE)		Silver	3,681 kg
H 123 - Amphipolis (Philip II), silver, 1/5 tetradrachms (348-328 BCE)		Silver	156 kg
H 97 - Amphipolis (Philip II), gold, staters (345-336 BCE)		Gold	2,172 kg
Pella (Philip II and Alexander the Great), gold, 1/4 staters (345-310 BCE)		Gold	15,476 kg
H 104 - Amphipolis (Alexander the Great), gold, 1/4 staters (336-310 BCE)		Gold	903 kg
H 108 - Pella (Philip II and Alexander the Great), gold, 1/8 staters (345-328 BCE)		Gold	6,233 kg
H 110 - Pella (Philip II), gold, hemihektai (345-336 BCE)		Gold	3,785 kg
H 94 - Pella, Group I (Philip II), gold, staters (342-336 BCE)		Gold	57,011 kg
H 98 - Amphipolis (Philip II), gold, staters (340-328 BCE)		Gold	156,157 kg
H 100 - Pella and Amphipolis, gold, hemistaters (340-310 BCE)		Gold	9,044 kg
Pella, Group II (Philip II), gold, staters (336-328 BCE)		Gold	293,419 kg
S 1703 - Amphipolis (Philip II), silver, tetradrachms (332-310 BCE)		Silver	46,555 kg
Abydus (Philip II), gold, quarter staters (325-301 BCE)		Gold	50,590 kg
H 113 - Pella (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (323-315 BCE)		Silver	9,156 kg
Pella (Philip II), gold, staters (Group III) (323-310 BCE)		Gold	176,865 kg
H 99 - Amphipolis (Philip II), gold, staters (323-315 BCE)		Gold	75,240 kg
H 205 - Abydus (Philip II), gold, staters (323-319 BCE)		Gold	44,084 kg
H 204b - Abydus (Philip II), gold, eight staters (323-319 BCE)		Gold	1,029 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
SO 759 - Uncertain mint in Macedon over Alyz(e)ia		Bronze	359 BC JL
SO 758 - Amphipolis (Philip II) over uncertain type (Lanz, Nov. 2006, 12)		Silver	348 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
SO 480 - Alyz(e)ia over uncertain mint		Bronze	400 BC JL
3073 - Argos (AE Apollo/wolf) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (M&M, 23, Oct. 2007, 145)		Bronze	330 BC JL
SO 496 - Leucas over uncertain mint		Bronze	320 BC JL
3423 - Pella (Cassander) (AE Heracles/lion) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Rauch, 73, May 2004, 161)		Bronze	316 BC JL
3053 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AESeuthes/rider) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Aegean Numismatics, Dec. 2016, 29)		Bronze	309 BC JL
24974 - Leucas (AE Chimera/Athena) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Paris, BnF, Luynes 1939)		Bronze	300 BC JL
3609 - Leucas (AE Chimera/Athena) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Münzen & Medaillen, 17, Oct. 2005, 618)		Bronze	300 BC JL
24971 - Leucas (AE Chimera/Athena) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Paris, BnF, FG 134)		Bronze	300 BC JL
Leucas (AE chimera/Athena) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Mourouzi coll. 722)		Bronze	300 BC JL
3521 - Leucas (AE Chimera/Athena) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Athens, NM, Postolakkas 722)		Bronze	300 BC JL
Leucas (AE Chimera/Athena) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (BNF, Fonds général 134)		Bronze	300 BC JL
3771 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (AE Alexander/eagle CPE B31) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (CNG, EA 178, Dec. 2007, 26)		Bronze	300 BC JL
24969 - Leucas (AE Chimera/Athena) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Paris, BnF, FG 131)		Bronze	300 BC JL
3316 - Leucas (AE Chimera/Athena) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (CNG, EA 408, Oct. 2017, 114)		Bronze	300 BC JL
SO 494 - Leucas over uncertain mint		Bronze	280 BC JL
2985 - Leucas (AE Chimera/man headed bull) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Münzen & Medaillen, 23, Oct. 2007, 237)		Bronze	280 BC JL
24966 - Leucas (AE Chimera/man headed bull) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Paris, BnF, FG 127)		Bronze	280 BC JL
Leucas (AE Chimera/man headed bull) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Kremydi, 8)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3108 - Leucas (AE Chimera/man headed bull) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Münzen & Medaillen, 23, Oct. 2007, 236)		Bronze	279 BC JL
24929 - Leucas (AE chimera/man headed bull) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Jacquier, 52, Sept. 2023, 54)		Bronze	279 BC JL

Philip II

TypeType of authority. ᵖ	Person
Nomisma IDNomisma ID	philip_ii
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Philip_II_of_Macedon http://viaf.org/viaf/262339539 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q130650

Literature

• RQEMH (26 mentions)
• Le Rider 1977 (23 mentions)
• Sear II (7 mentions)
• HGC 3.1 (4 mentions)
• Thompson 1991 (3 mentions)
• HGC 3.2 (1 mentions)
• Troxell 1997 (1 mentions)

One of the two metallic pieces that are used to strike a coin, one per each side.

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