RPC VII.2, 232

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 232
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 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 νεωκόρων κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεω(κόρων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Heracles standing right, holding club, capturing Cretan bull
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.85 g
Axis 9
Reference AMNG 721
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 217/4, 247/3.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18272518, Löbb. AMNG 721.1, pl. IV.32, rev.
2 2     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 240 (Righetti)