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Price 3979

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Price 3979, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Memphis, 323–316 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 25.7 mm.
mint Memphis weight 17.10g (1)
ruler Ptolemy I Soter diameter ⌀25.7 (1)
denomination Tetradrachm axis 12↕ (1)
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 1659 Monogram 1659

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Price 3979 (price.3979), 323–316 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-3979/ (accessed: 2026-08-21). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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