Price P221, Tetradrachm, Silver, 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 17.2 g.
| mint | — | weight | 17.21g (2) |
| ruler | Philip III Arrhidaeus | diameter | ⌀ (0) |
| denomination | Tetradrachm | axis | 5↕ (1) |
| 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
specimens (4)
British Museum
17.22g
5↕
British Museum (PELLA)
Harvard Art Museums
17.20g
BnF (HRC)
Cite this coin
Price P221 (price.P221), 323–317 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/price-p221/ (accessed: 2026-08-21). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA