RPC VII.2, 226

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 226
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 ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩ(Κ)
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike; beside throne, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 717
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 259 AMNG 717.3
2 2     B: 18272514, Alter Bestand (1839) AMNG 715.1, pl. IV, 14, obv.
3 3     ✸ B: 18272515, 1901/352 AMNG 717.1
4 4     O: Milne
5 5     Dresden AMNG 717.2 = cast in BBAW