RPC VI, 291 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 291 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Severus Alexander
Issue 2 neocoria — Type B flowing hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with flowing hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ
Reverse design Alexander the Great standing facing, head left, holding spear and parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Reference AMNG 516
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note A similar type has been issued under Gordian III, see AMNG 668.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Turin-RA AMNG 516.1 = ZfN 25 (1906), pl. I, 11 = cast in BBAW