RPC VI, 259 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 259 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Elagabalus
Issue Type D: Head of Alexander with lion skin
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ(ΝΟΝ) ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ(ΩΚΟ)(Ρ)
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρ(ων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping, right, his mantle floating behind him, holding couched spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.87 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 480–2
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18257195, 1929/697 AMNG 481.1
2 2     ✸ L: BNK,G.82 BMC 105 = AMNG 480.1 = ZfN 24 (1904), pl. VI, 8
3 3     Moscow: 2042 AMNG 480.2 = cast in BBAW
4 4     O AMNG 482.2
5 5     L: TC,p96.16.Mac BMC 106 = AMNG 482.1
6 6     A: 1904-5 ΚΓ! 3
7 7     Münster: M 651
8 8     M. Cambreling coll.