Antigonos I Monophthalmos sent his nephew Ptolemaios to Greece, where he formed an alliance with anti-Macedonian factions in various city-states. Ptolemaios was successful in uniting these factions into a single revolt against Kassander, and effectively wrested most of Greece from Macedonian control. His effort began in Boeotia and Euboia, where this coinage was struck, likely to help finance the anti-Macedonian cause. The actions of Ptolemaios and his mercenaries succeeded in tieing-up Kassander’s forces during this war, and enabled Antigonos to focus his own efforts against the other Diadochoi allied against him.
