Laeaeans
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The Laeaeans were a Paionian tribe who in the fourth century BC lived adjacent to the Agrianes, another Paionian tribe, along the upper course of the Strymon river, at the western edge of Thrace. They were not incorporated into the Odrysian state or the Paionian state, remaining an independent tribe outside the borders of those kingdoms. The Laeaeans, along with the Agrianes, the Thracian Dii, and other tribes, joined Sitalkes in his (unsuccessful) campaign against Perdiccas II of Macedon (Thuc. 2.96).
The coins issued by the Laeaeans are judged to be of crude workmanship, and seem to be imitations of finer minted coins issued by other neighboring Paionian tribes such as the Derrones. A typical coin bears the inscription LAIAI (Laeaeans) on the obverse, and a Pegasus in a double linear square on the reverse.
It is unclear whether or not the Laeaeans were conquered by Philip II or Alexander III of Macedon, although their neighbours are recorded as client kings. (e.g. Arrian Anabasis 1.16.3)
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