Price 556, Tetradrachm, Silver, 285–275 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 16.5 g, diameter 29.8 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 16.54g (2) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀29.8 (1) |
| denomination | Tetradrachm | axis | 10↕ (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
controlmarks
Monogram 1997
Monogram 2754
Monogram 1997
Monogram 2754
specimens (2)
British Museum
16.64g
9↕
British Museum (PELLA)
Cite this coin
Price 556 (price.556), 285–275 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-556/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA