RPC VI, 460 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 460 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Severus Alexander
Issue One neocoria — Type D lion skin
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεζάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΝΕΩ
Edition Κοινόν Μακεδόνων νεω(κόρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, neocorate
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, hurling spear at fallen enemy on the ground, wearing Phrygian cap and holding two spears, a shield at his feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.80 g
Axis 10, 12
Reference AMNG 418
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18206595, 1845/4997 AMNG 418.1
2 2     Cop SNG 1363 = AMNG 418.2, pl. V, 3, rev. = ZfN 24 (1904), pl. VII, 29
3 3     Florence AMNG 418.2
4 4     Nomos obolos 9, 25 Mar. 2018, lot 671
5 5     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 27, 4 Jan. 2015, lot 393
6 6     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 15, 6 Apr. 2014, lot 395
7 7     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 71, 28 May 2020, lot 358
8 8     Boston: 1982.233