RPC VII.2, 115

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 115
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type A: Alexander with hanging hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition 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 νεω(κόρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Heracles standing right, holding club, capturing Cretan bull
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.64 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference AMNG 549
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same obv. die as 103/1, 4, 109/1, 5–6, 113/1, 117/4, 129/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     AMNG 549.1 (Kiev) = cast in BBAW
2 2     ✸ CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 996
3 3     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 14, 2 Mar. 2014, lot 462
4 4     Rauch, 17 Sept. 2009, lot 182
5 5     Numisfitz 1, 26 Mar. 2023, lot 444
6 6     S. Roll coll.