RPC VII.2, 117

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 117
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 ΝΕ(ΩΚ)
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρων κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκ(όρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design lion advancing, right; above, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.65 g
Axis 1, 2, 11, 12
Reference AMNG 583–4
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 4: same obv. die as 103/1, 4, 109/1, 5–6, 113/1, 115/2–4, 129/1.
Note On the obv., sometimes, ligature ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 245 AMNG 584.2
2 2     Mu AMNG 583.2
3 3     V: GR 10677 AMNG 583.4
4 4     A AMNG 584.1
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 403, 9 Aug. 2017, lot 376 = Lanz 112, 25 Nov. 2002, lot 173
7 7     Hirsch 266, 11 Feb. 2010, lot 1675 = Hirsch 263, 24 Sept. 2009, lot 2254
8 8     Hirsch 272, 4 May 2011, lot 233