RPC VII.2, 174

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 174
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 ΝΕΩ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρων κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεω(κόρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Olympias as Hygieia seated left, feeding serpent from patera, resting on throne
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.69 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 635–6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 152/5, 175/1, 4.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18272476, Prokesch-Osten AMNG 636.1
2 2     Milan: Brera AMNG 635.1 = cast in BBAW
3 3     ✸ Lanz 166, 11 June 2018, lot 29