He reformed the Ancient Macedonian army and established the Macedonian phalanx which was critical in securing victories on the battlefield. After defeating Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea , Philip II l established the League of Corinth, with him as the elected hegemon and commander-in-chief of a planned invasion of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.
After his assassination, his son Alexander the Great would go on to invade the Achaemenid Empire in his stead.
![Philip II](/Files/Images/Coinsite/PhilipII.jpg)
![/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/Philipp_II_1.jpg](/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/Philipp_II_1.jpg)
Reverse: Naked youth on horse right; ΦIΛIΠΠOY / (trident?)
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 6.27 g
![/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/Philipp_II_2.jpg](/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/Philipp_II_2.jpg)
Reverse: Naked youth on horse right; ΦIΛIΠΠOY / (Λ.)
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 4.52 g
![/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/Philipp_II_-_AE.jpg](/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/Philipp_II_-_AE.jpg)
Reverse: naked youth on horse right; ΦIΛIΠΠOY, ?
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.77 g
![/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/PhilipIIMacedon.jpg](/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/PhilipIIMacedon.jpg)
Reverse: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ. Youth on horse rearing right. Control: Below, spearhead right
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 7.14 g
![/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/Philip_II.jpg](/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/Philip_II.jpg)
Reverse: Youth on horseback right, holding palm frond
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 13.97 g
![/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/PhilipII.png](/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/PhilipII.png)
Reverse: Youth, holding palm and reins, on horseback right; wreath below, Λ below raised foreleg
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 13.84 g
Struck under Antipater, Polyperchon, or Kassander
![/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/695_Philip_III.jpg](/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/695_Philip_III.jpg)
Reverse: horseman riding right; ΦIΛIΠΠOY, M in wreath
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.52 g