Price 3248, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Ace ptolemais, 330–327 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 17.1 g, diameter 23.0 mm.
| mint | Ace ptolemais | weight | 17.15g (5) |
| ruler | Alexander III of Macedon | diameter | ⌀23.0 (1) |
| denomination | Tetradrachm | axis | 4↕ (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 2850
Monogram 2850
specimens (11)
British Museum
17.10g
8↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum
17.06g
5↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum
17.06g
5↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum
17.34g
2↕
British Museum (PELLA)
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
NNC (DNB)
17.17g
⌀23.0
1↕
Cite this coin
Price 3248 (price.3248), 330–327 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-3248/ (accessed: 2026-08-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA