RPC VII.2, 227

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 227
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 ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; beside throne, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 716
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 219/3–4, 239/1–4, 253/2. 1, 3: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 172 AMNG 716.2
2 2     N AMNG 716.1 = cast in BBAW
3 3     ✸ Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, lot 306 = Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 708
4 4     Numisfitz 1, 26 Mar. 2023, lot 447