RPC VI, 278 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 278 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Severus Alexander
Issue 2 neocoria — Type A hanging hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with hanging hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ(ΝΟΝ) ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚ(ΟΡΟ)
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεοκόρων κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεοκόρω(ν)
Translation koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, his mantle floating behind him, hurling spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.05 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 495–6 corr.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note A similar type has been issued under Gordian III, see AMNG 565.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: TC,p96.12.Mac BMC 122 = AMNG 495.1 = ZfN 25 (1906), pl. I, 5 (obv.)
2 2     V: GR 10702 AMNG 496.1
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1751