RPC VI, 275 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 275 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Severus Alexander
Issue 2 neocoria — Type A hanging hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with hanging hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ(ΩΝ)
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεω{ν}<κ>(όρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from right, holding two agonistic crowns with palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.35 g
Axis 2, 6
Reference AMNG 509–10
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Note A similar type was issued under Gordian III, see AMNG 604, 606–8, 610–11.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 229 AMNG 509.2
2 2     B: 18272402 AMNG 509.1 (Mordtmann)
3 3     C: 114-1948
4 4     Cop SNG 1354, not ill. = cast in BBAW
5 5     AMNG 510.1 (Windisch-Grätz cat. 5 (1899), 45, 704) = cast in BBAW
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Hirsch 1905 = cast in BBAW
8 8     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 14, 2 Mar. 2014, lot 450
9 9     Pozzi = cast in BBAW
10 10     Thesaurus 20 "Germanicus", 3 Nov. 2022, lot 39