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Price 1697

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Price 1697, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Mytilene, 275–275 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 17.0 g, diameter 31.0 mm.
obverse Price 1697
obverse: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress Kopf des jugendlichen Herakles nach r. mit Löwenfellexuvie
reverse Price 1697
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
mint Mytilene weight 16.96g (3)
ruler — diameter ⌀31.0 (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 (7)
British Museum 17.17g 12↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum 16.82g 12↕
British Museum (PELLA)
NNC (DNB) 16.90g ⌀31.0 11↕
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)

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Price 1697 (price.1697), 275–275 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-1697/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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