Price P162, Tetradrachm, Silver, 323–300 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 25.6 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 17.15g (8) |
| ruler | Philip III Arrhidaeus | diameter | ⌀25.6 (5) |
| denomination | Tetradrachm | axis | 6↕ (8) |
| 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 1123
Monogram 1908
Monogram 1123
Monogram 1908
specimens (8)
British Museum
17.18g
10↕
British Museum (PELLA)
NNC (DNB)
17.23g
⌀26.0
12↕
NNC (DNB)
17.33g
⌀26.0
5↕
British Museum
17.30g
2↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum
17.15g
8↕
British Museum (PELLA)
Cite this coin
Price P162 (price.P162), 323–300 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-p162/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA