Price 487, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Amphipolis, 315–294 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 13.5 g, diameter 26.0 mm.
| mint | Amphipolis | weight | 13.48g (3) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀26.0 (1) |
| denomination | Tetradrachm | axis | 9↕ (2) |
| 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 (5)
Harvard Art Museums
11.82g
British Museum
16.79g
12↕
British Museum (PELLA)
BnF (HRC)
NNC (DNB)
11.83g
⌀26.0
6↕
Cite this coin
Price 487 (price.487), 315–294 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-487/ (accessed: 2026-08-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA