RPC VII.2, 126

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 126
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, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΙΑ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεω(κόρων) Ὀλύμπια Ἀλεξανδρία
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate, Olympian Alexandrian (games)
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective, holding two agonistic crowns with palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.20 g
Axis 1, 6
Reference AMNG 801
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 94/5, 106/4, 10, 127/1, 131/2, 134/1, 135/2, 4–5, 8–9.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 179 AMNG 801.2
2 2     B: 18214410, Prokesch-Osten AMNG 801.1
3 3     ✸ Nomos obolos 10, 30 June 2018, lot 276
4 4     A. Laud coll.