RPC VI, 266 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 266 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Elagabalus
Issue Type D: Head of Alexander with lion skin (and thunderbolt)
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin; below, thunderbolt
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΝΕΩ Β
Edition κοινόν Μακεδόνων νεωκόρων β' κοινόν Μακεδόνων νεω(κόρων) β'
Translation the Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Alexander the Great standing, right, wearing chlamys, placing bridle on Bucephalus, rearing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.22 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 477
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: EH,p245.18.Mac BMC 108 = AMNG 477.2 = ZfN 24 (1904), pl. VI, 9
2 2     AMNG 477.1 (Hollschek) = cast in BBAW