RPC VII.2, 214

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 214
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type D: Head of Alexander with lion skin
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεω(κόρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping left, hurling spear at lion and holding two more spears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.57 g
Axis 1, 8, 12
Reference AMNG 724–6
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 100 = AMNG 726.1
2 2     L: BNK,G.81 BMC 101 = AMNG 724.1
3 3     P: 237 AMNG 724.2
4 4     Dresden AMNG 725.1 = cast in BBAW
5 5     Sofia AMNG 725.2 = cast in BBAW
6 6     Nomos obolos 16, 11 Oct. 2020, lot 970