RPC VII.2, 142

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 142
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type A: Alexander with hanging hair (and thunderbolt)
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with hanging hair; below, thunderbolt
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΝΕΩ, Β, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων νεω(κόρων) βʹ Ὀλύμπια
Translation koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate, Olympian (games)
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from left, holding two agonistic crowns with palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.52 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18272559, 1912/514 Egger 40, 2 May 1912 (Prowe II), lot 480
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     Pecunem Naumann 43, 1 May 2016, lot 574