RPC VI, 266 (temporary)

 

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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
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 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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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