page_title: Amyntas II of Macedon
hierarchical_section_title: Amyntas II of Macedon
caption_attribution_description: English: KINGS of MACEDON. Amyntas II. 395/4-393 BC. Æ Dichalkon (1.87 g, 1h). Aigai or Pella mint. Young male head right / Forepart of wolf left. Westermark, Remarks, type 3; SNG ANS -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Saroglos -. VF, green patina. Extremely rare.
context_page_description: Amyntas II or Amyntas the Little, was the king of Macedonia for a short time, circa 393 BC. Thucydides describes him as a son of Philip, the brother of king Perdiccas II. He first succeeded his father in his appanage in Upper Macedonia, but Perdiccas II wished to deprive Amyntas of the appanage, as he had before endeavoured to wrest it from Philip. This project had however been hindered by the Athenians.
  In 429 BC Amyntas, aided by Sitalces, king of the Odrysian Kingdom, actively sought to contest with Perdiccas the throne of Macedonia itself; but the latter contrived to obtain a peace agreement through the mediation of Seuthes, the nephew of the Thracian king. Therefore, Amyntas was obliged to content himself with his hereditary principality.
  He nonetheless became king c.393 after the death of Aeropus II, but he was soon after assassinated by an Elimieotan nobleman named Derdas. He was succeeded by Pausanias, his nephew.
context_section_description: Amyntas II (Greek: Ἀμύντας Βʹ) or Amyntas the Little, was the king of Macedonia for a short time, circa 393 BC. Thucydides describes him as a son of Philip, the brother of king Perdiccas II.  He first succeeded his father in his appanage in Upper Macedonia, but Perdiccas II wished to deprive Amyntas of the appanage, as he had before endeavoured to wrest it from Philip.  This project had however been hindered by the Athenians.
  In 429 BC Amyntas, aided by Sitalces, king of the Odrysian Kingdom, actively sought to contest with Perdiccas the throne of Macedonia itself; but the latter contrived to obtain a peace agreement through the mediation of Seuthes, the nephew of the Thracian king.  Therefore, Amyntas was obliged to content himself with his hereditary principality.
  
  He nonetheless became king c.393 after the death of Aeropus II, but he was soon after assassinated by an Elimieotan nobleman named Derdas.  He was succeeded by Pausanias, his nephew.
caption: Bronze of Amyntas II. The male deity on the obverse is unidentified, but the wolf on the reverse is taken from the coins of Argos, the alleged origin of the Argead kings.  His name is spelt [A]MYNT[A].[1]
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