RPC VI, 274 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 274 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Severus Alexander
Issue 2 neocoria — Type A hanging hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with hanging hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from right, holding small purse between two agonistic crowns with palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 2, 6
Reference AMNG 508
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Note A similar type was issued during the time of Gordian III, see AMNG 597.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1958,0304.68 AMNG 508.2 (Warren)
2 2     Mu AMNG 508.1
3 3     NY: 1944.100.14325
4 4     Münzzentrum Rheinland 167, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 192 = Hirsch 287, 7 Feb. 2013, lot 1858
5 5     Savoca 80 Blue, 27 June 2020, lot 615
6 6     CGT coll.