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Price P189, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Babylon, 323–317 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 26.9 mm.
obverse Price P189
obverse: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress Kopf des jugendlichen Herakles nach r. mit Löwenfellexuvie
reverse Price P189
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
mint Babylon weight 17.12g (4)
ruler Philip III Arrhidaeus diameter ⌀26.9 (2)
denomination Tetradrachm axis 8↕ (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 2608 Monogram 2608
Monogram 2627 Monogram 2627
specimens (7)
British Museum 17.08g 7↕
British Museum (PELLA)
British Museum 17.15g 2↕
British Museum (PELLA)
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)

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Price P189 (price.P189), 323–317 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-p189/ (accessed: 2026-08-11). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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