RPC VI, 277 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 277 (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 Ν(Ε)(Ω)(ΚΟ)
Edition Κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκό(ρων)
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 12.74 g
Axis 1, 5, 7, 8, 12
Reference AMNG 497–503
Specimens 19 (4 in the core collections)
Note See AMNG 566-71 for a similar type issued under Gordian III. AMNG also gives 497, 498a-b and 503 to the time of Severus Alexander.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 212 AMNG 502.2
2 2     ✸ C: 118-1948
3 3     C SNG Lewis 1234 = AMNG 502.1
4 4     Mu AMNG 503.1 = ZfN 25 (1906), pl. I, 8 (rev.)
5 5     Frankfurt AMNG 497.1 = cast in BBAW
6 6     Modena AMNG 501.1 = cast in BBAW
7 7     N: 6647 AMNG 500.1 = cast in BBAW
8 8     Turin-RA AMNG 499.1 = cast in BBAW
9 9     Vat AMNG 498.1 = cast in BBAW
10 10     Agram-2062 = cast in BBAW
11 11     AMNG 498a (Rollin et Feuardent, 1905) = cast in BBAW
12 12     AMNG 498b.1 (Rollin et Feuardent) = cats in BBAW
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CNG EA 254, 20 Apr. 2011, lot 182
15 15     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 278 = Lanz 112, 25 Nov. 2002, lot 172
16 16     Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 1909
17 17     Nomos obolos 10, 30 June 2018, lot 272
18 18     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 37, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 416
19 19     Savoca Blue 7, 26 May 2018, lot 592