RPC VII.2, 152

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 152
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type B: Alexander with flowing hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with flowing hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ(ΝΟΝ) ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ(Ω)(Κ)
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, holding couched spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 2, 6, 11, 12
Reference AMNG 650–4
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 4: same obv. die as 147A/1. 5: same obv. die as 174/3, 175/1, 4. 1: same rev. die as 298/1.
Note On the rev., sometimes, NE in ligature. See AMNG 512-15 for a similar type issued under Severus Alexander.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18272489, Alter Bestand AMNG 651.1
2 2     B: 18272490, Prokesch-Osten AMNG 652.1
3 3     B: 18272491, Alter Bestand AMNG 653.1
4 4     B: 18272492, Knobelsdorff AMNG 654.1
5 5     O: Milne AMNG 651b.2
6 6     ✸ V: GR 10690 AMNG 652.3
7 7     Belgrade AMNG 651b.1 = cast in BBAW
8 8     Verona AMNG 651.2 = cast in BBAW
9 9     AMNG 651a.1 (Rollin et Feuardent) = cast in BBAW
10 10     AMNG 652.2 (Philippopel) = cast in BBAW
11 11     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 22, 1 May 2016, lot 102
12 12     Naville Numismatics 20, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 134
13 13     Nomos obolos 11, 8 Dec. 2018, lot 403
14 14     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 36, 4 Oct. 2015, lot 328