Price 248, Tetradrachm, Silver, 315–310 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 16.8 g, diameter 28.0 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 16.76g (4) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀28.0 (1) |
| denomination | Tetradrachm | 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
specimens (8)
British Museum
15.54g
12↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum
17.18g
10↕
British Museum (PELLA)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
17.13g
⌀28.0
BnF (HRC)
British Museum
17.20g
1↕
British Museum (PELLA)
Cite this coin
Price 248 (price.248), 315–310 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-248/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA