Price 1596, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Alexandreia troas, 189–180 BC. Obverse: head of beardless heracles right wearing lion skin headdress kopf des jugendlichen herakles nach r. mit löwenfellexuvie. Reverse: zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand zeus nach l. thronend, in der ausgestreckten r. adler und in der l. zepter haltend zeus assis. Weight about 15.8 g.
| mint | Alexandreia troas | weight | 15.76g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀ (0) |
| denomination | Tetradrachm | axis | 12↕ (1) |
| material | Silver | technique | Struck |
| country | Macedon | dataset |
PELLA — Macedonian coinage
ODC-ODbL |
obverse
Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress Kopf des jugendlichen Herakles nach r. mit Löwenfellexuvie
reverse
Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand Zeus nach l. thronend, in der ausgestreckten R. Adler und in der L. Zepter haltend Zeus assis
controlmarks
Monogram 1133
Monogram 2148
Monogram 1133
Monogram 2148
specimens (2)
British Museum
15.76g
12↕
British Museum (PELLA)
Cite this coin
Price 1596 (price.1596), 189–180 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-1596/ (accessed: 2026-08-09). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA