Price P156, Tetradrachm, Silver, 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 16.6 g, diameter 26.2 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 16.61g (7) |
| ruler | Philip III Arrhidaeus | diameter | ⌀26.2 (2) |
| denomination | Tetradrachm | axis | 6↕ (7) |
| 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 943
Monogram 2544
Monogram 943
Monogram 2544
specimens (10)
British Museum
17.09g
4↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum
14.46g
4↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum
16.91g
8↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum
16.98g
3↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum
16.83g
9↕
British Museum (PELLA)
Cite this coin
Price P156 (price.P156), 323–316 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-p156/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA