Price 1959, Drachma, Silver, struck at Magnesia ad maeandrum, 319–305 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 4.1 g, diameter 16.3 mm.
| mint | Magnesia ad maeandrum | weight | 4.08g (5) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀16.3 (2) |
| denomination | Drachma | axis | 5↕ (5) |
| 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 958
Monogram 958
specimens (10)
British Museum
3.81g
1↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum
4.24g
1↕
British Museum (PELLA)
BnF (HRC)
British Museum
4.05g
1↕
British Museum (PELLA)
BnF (HRC)
NNC (DNB)
4.19g
⌀16.0
12↕
BnF (HRC)
Cite this coin
Price 1959 (price.1959), 319–305 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-1959/ (accessed: 2026-08-09). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA