RPC VII.2, 184

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 184
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 ΝΕΩ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεω(κόρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design two temples seen from front, each with six columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.87 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference AMNG 683
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 159/1, 160/1. 1: same rev. die as 135/8–9.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 186 AMNG 683.2
2 2     B: 18272498, Prokesch-Osten AMNG 683.1
3 3     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 22, 1 May 2016, lot 104