RPC VI, 288 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 288 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Severus Alexander
Issue 2 neocoria — Type B flowing hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with flowing hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ(Ω)
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεω(κόρων)
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 10.12 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference AMNG 512–15
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Note See AMNG 650-4 for a similar type issued under Gordian III.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 10691 AMNG 515.1 = ZfN 25 (1905), pl. I, 7 (rev.)
2 2     CNG EA 423, 27 June 2018, lot 238 = CNG 158, 14 Feb. 2007, lot 177
3 3     P: 271 AMNG 514.1
4 4     Roma Numismatics EA 7, 26 Apr. 2014, lot 291
5 5     B: 18272399
6 6     Gotha AMNG 512.1 = cast in BBAW
7 7     Cop Th AMNG 513.1 = cast in BBAW
8 8     NY: 1944.100.14343