Price 51, Tetradrachm, Silver, 336–323 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 24.2 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 17.13g (5) |
| ruler | Alexander III of Macedon | diameter | ⌀24.2 (1) |
| denomination | Tetradrachm | axis | 8↕ (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
specimens (7)
Harvard Art Museums
17.17g
9↕
British Museum
17.03g
12↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum
17.15g
5↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum
17.22g
10↕
British Museum (PELLA)
Cite this coin
Price 51 (price.51), 336–323 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-51/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA