RPC VII.2, 124

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 124
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(Ω)(ΚΟ)
Edition Κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρων Κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκό(ρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from right, holding two agonistic crowns with palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.18 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 604, 606–8, 610–11
Specimens 17 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 7: same pair of dies. 1, 4, 10, 17: same obv. die as 94/2, 104/4, 122/1–2, 8. 2–3, 5, 7–8: same obv. die as 98/3, 111/19. 9: same obv. die as RPC VI 279/4, 111/21, 125/1.
Note On the rev., sometimes, ligature ΝΕ. A similar type has been issued under Severus Alexander: see RPC VI, ID 72318, though the table always seems to have crossbars.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 131 = AMNG 608.1
2 2     P: 180 AMNG 604.2
3 3     B: 18272444, 1929/701 AMNG 604.1 (Brüning)
4 4     B: 18272446, 1929/702 AMNG 606.1 (Brüning)
5 5     B: 18272447, Alter Bestand AMNG 607.1
6 6     B: 18272449, Sperling AMNG 611.1
7 7     C: 115-1948
8 8     Cop SNG 1367 = AMNG 607.2
9 9     Cop SNG 1368 = AMNG 610.1
10 10     St Petersburg AMNG 611.2 = cast in BBAW
11 11     Turin AMNG 608.2 = cast in BBAW
12 12     AMNG 606.2 (Philipsen) = cast in BBAW
13 13     AMNG 607.3 (Mordtmann) = cast in BBAW
14 14     AMNG 609.1 (Glimenopulos coll.) = cast in BBAW
16 16     CGT coll. = Savoca 90 Blue, 28 Nov. 2020, lot 751
17 17     CNG EA 277, 11 Apr. 2012, lot 107
18 18     Aphrodite Art Coins 27, 29 Sept. 2024, lot 128