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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/282 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 282 (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 |
Edition | κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νε(ωκόρων) |
Translation | Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate |
Reverse design | Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; beside throne, shield |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 25 mm |
Average weight | 10.66 g |
Axis | 6, 12 |
Reference | AMNG 492–4 |
Specimens | 4 (1 in the core collections) |
Note | A similar type was issued during the time of Gordian III, see AMNG 533, and 537–41. |