Crenides (Macedonia)

Crenides was close to Mount Pangaion with its rich gold veins and to another Thasian colony, Datos.

The two colonies provoked the Thracians but at the same time gave Philip II of Macedon the justification for penetrating the area and founding Philippi in 356 BCE.

Philip intervened to protect the city when it was threatened by the Thracians under Kersobleptes.

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Bronze stater from Crenides, featuring Heracles with a club and bow , 360-356 BCE