Heracleia Pontica SNG BM Black Sea 1566, Silver, struck at Heracleia pontica, 425–400 BC. Obverse: heracles wrestling with a lion. Reverse: central square formed by four squares, in an incuse square. Weight about 4.9 g, diameter 17.0 mm.
| mint | Heracleia pontica | weight | 4.90g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀17.0 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | ↕ (0) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Heracles wrestling with a lion
reverse
Central square formed by four squares, in an incuse square
specimens (1)
British Museum
4.90g
⌀17.0
Cite this coin
Heracleia Pontica SNG BM Black Sea 1566 (heracleia_pontica.sng_bm_black_sea.1566), 425–400 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/heracleia-pontica-sng-bm-black-sea-1566/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA