Price 1638, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Cyme aeolis, 188–170 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 12.4 g, diameter 32.0 mm.
| mint | Cyme aeolis | weight | 12.38g (3) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀32.0 (1) |
| denomination | Tetradrachm | axis | 12↕ (3) |
| 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
specimens (8)
British Museum
16.23g
12↕
British Museum (PELLA)
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
NNC (DNB)
16.75g
⌀32.0
12↕
BnF (HRC)
British Museum
4.17g
12↕
British Museum (PELLA)
Cite this coin
Price 1638 (price.1638), 188–170 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-1638/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA