Price 1921, Drachma, Silver, struck at Magnesia ad maeandrum, 325–323 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 4.0 g, diameter 16.5 mm.
| mint | Magnesia ad maeandrum | weight | 4.00g (3) |
| ruler | Alexander III of Macedon | diameter | ⌀16.5 (2) |
| denomination | Drachma | axis | 8↕ (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
controlmarks
Monogram 2688
Monogram 2688
specimens (4)
British Museum
4.28g
6↕
British Museum (PELLA)
NNC (DNB)
4.12g
⌀17.0
11↕
NNC (DNB)
3.60g
⌀16.0
6↕
Cite this coin
Price 1921 (price.1921), 325–323 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-1921/ (accessed: 2026-08-10). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA