Philipp III Arrhidaeus (Argead king, 323-317 BC)

Mints

Philip III Arrhidaeus (Ancient Greek: Φίλιππος Γ' ὁ Ἀρριδαῖος; ca. 359 BC – December 25, 317 BC) was the king of Macedonia from after June 11, 323 BC until his death. He was a son of King Philip II of Macedonia by Philinna of Larissa, allegedly a Thessalian dancer, and a half-brother of Alexander the Great. Named Arrhidaeus at birth, he assumed the name Philip when he ascended to the throne.

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)
Lampsacus (Alexander the Great), gold, staters (329-301 BCE)		Gold	189,006 kg
Abydus (Philip II), gold, quarter staters (325-301 BCE)		Gold	50,590 kg
S 38 - Aradus (Philip III), silver, tetradrachms (320-316 BCE)		Silver	31,604 kg
H 205 - Abydus (Philip II), gold, staters (323-319 BCE)		Gold	44,084 kg
Lampsacus (Philip II), gold, staters (323-317 BCE)		Gold	57,815 kg
Pella (Philip II), gold, staters (Group III) (323-310 BCE)		Gold	176,865 kg
H 204b - Abydus (Philip II), gold, eight staters (323-319 BCE)		Gold	1,029 kg
S 40 - Aradus (Philip III), silver, drachms (320-316 BCE)		Silver	9,765 kg
S 39 - Aradus (Philip III), gold, staters (320-316 BCE)		Gold	33,298 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
15888 - Miletus (Alexander the Great) (drachma Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 501, Oct. 2021, 39)		Silver	323 BC JL
SO 869 - Colophon over uncertain mint			323 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 870 - Uncertain mint in Anatolia? over uncertain mint		Bronze
3053 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AESeuthes/rider) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Aegean Numismatics, Dec. 2016, 29)		Bronze	309 BC JL
2696- Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Philip III (Heracles/Zeus) (Ponterio, 151, Nov. 2009, 8139)		Silver	146 BC JL

Philip III Arrhidaeus

TypeType of authority. ᵖ	Person
Nomisma IDNomisma ID	philip_iii_arrhidaeus
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Philip_III_of_Macedon http://viaf.org/viaf/188145542444496640170 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q295530

Literature

• RQEMH (6 mentions)
• Thompson 1991 (5 mentions)
• Price 1991 (4 mentions)
• Sear II (3 mentions)
• Duyrat 2005 (3 mentions)
• HGC 3.1 (1 mentions)
• Le Rider 1977 (1 mentions)
• M. J. Price (1 mentions)