RPC VI, 458 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 458 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Severus Alexander
Issue One neocoria — Type D lion skin
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΝΕ(Ω)
Edition Κοινόν Μακεδόνων νεω(κόρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, neocorate
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, his mantle floating behind him, raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.81 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference AMNG 429–30
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BNK,G.83 BMC 107 = AMNG 430.1
2 2     ✸ V: GR 10688
3 3     Mu AMNG 429.2
4 4     Milan AMNG 429.1
5 5     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 19, 13 Dec. 2015, lot 119
6 6     Hirsch 1905 = cast in BBAW