RPC VII.2, 219

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 219
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type D: Head of Alexander with lion skin
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ(Ω)
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, holding couched spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 733–4
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–4: same obv. die as 227/1, 239/1–4, 253/2.
Note For a similar type but with ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚƐΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ given to Severus Alexander, see AMNG 522.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18272524, 1920/663
2 2     B: 18272523, I-B MG p. 60, no. 2 = AMNG 734.1
3 3     Cop SNG 1373 = AMNG 733.1
4 4     ✸ V: GR 10689 AMNG 733.2
5 5     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 27, 4 Jan. 2015, lot 392
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     R. Effler coll. (ex Savoca 202nd Blue Auction, 23 March 2024, lot 110)