RPC VII.2, 147

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 147
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type B: Alexander with flowing hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with flowing hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡ, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ
Edition Κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρ(ων) Ὀλύμπια
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate, Olympia
Reverse design two agonistic crowns, each with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.10 g
Axis 2
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note AMNG 799: same description but with wreath below the head; AMNG 800: same, but with a star below the head.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.14335
2 2     Fischer 173, 13 Mar. 2020, lot 75 = Fischer 174, 28 May 2020, lot 84 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 146
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1752 = CNG 75, 23 May 2007, part of lot 796 = Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, The Boukephalas coll., lot 447.74
4 4     ✸ Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2011, lot 928 = Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 650
5 5     Naumann 51, 5 Mar. 2017, lot 288
6 6     B. Michaux coll. = Aphrodite 24, 23 June 2024, lot 183