Price P166, Hemidrachm, 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 2.1 g, diameter 12.2 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 2.09g (4) |
| ruler | Philip III Arrhidaeus | diameter | ⌀12.2 (1) |
| denomination | Hemidrachm | axis | 6↕ (4) |
| 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 1908
Monogram 2419
Monogram 1908
Monogram 2419
specimens (5)
Harvard Art Museums
2.04g
6↕
British Museum
2.10g
1↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum
2.14g
10↕
British Museum (PELLA)
Cite this coin
Price P166 (price.P166), 323–300 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-p166/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA