RPC VII.2, 106

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 106
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type A: Alexander with hanging hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with hanging hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρων κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεω(κόρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Alexander the Great standing right, placing bridle on Bucephalus rearing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.72 g
Axis 1, 10, 12
Reference AMNG 554–7
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same obv. die as 108/1, 3, 111/3, 8, 119/1–4, 135/3, 6, 10. 2: same obv. die as 94/6–7, 112/1–2, 123/5, 128/1, 132/2–3. 4, 10: same obv. die as 94/5, 126/1–3, 127/1, 131/2, 134/1, 135/2, 4–5, 8–9. 1: same rev. die as 267/1. 2: same rev. die as 282/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18202674, I-B AMNG 556.2, pl. IV, 34, rev.
2 2     C: Lewis 1235 AMNG 554.2
3 3     NY: 1944.100.14337
4 4     ✸ V: GR 39628
5 5     A AMNG 554.1 = cast in BBAW
6 6     Dresden AMNG 555.1 = cast in BBAW
7 7     Florence AMNG 555.2 = cast in BBAW
8 8     Moscow AMNG 557.1 = cast in BBAW
9 9     St Petersburg AMNG 557.2 = cast in BBAW
10 10     Winterthur GrMW I, 1664 = AMNG 557.3