RPC VII.2, 158

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 158
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type B: Alexander with flowing hair
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design diademed head of Alexander the Great, right, with flowing hair
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρων κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νε(ωκόρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Alexander the Great standing facing, head left, holding parazonium and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.57 g
Axis 8
Reference AMNG 669
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note A similar type has been issued under Severus Alexander: see AMNG 517.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 10673 AMNG 669.1
2 2     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1738
3 3     Hirsch 332, 20 Sept. 2017, lot 2156