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
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 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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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