RPC VII.2, 247

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 247
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 ΝΕΩΚ(ΟΡ), Β
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων νεωκόρ(ων) β'
Translation koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from left, holding two agonistic crowns with palm; below, amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.33 g
Axis 8, 9, 12
Reference AMNG 752–3
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 217/4, 232/2. 6: same obv. die as 251/1, 3, 6. 3: same rev. die as 129/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 230 AMNG 752.2
2 2     Mu AMNG 752.1
3 3     NY: 1944.100.14334
4 4     A: 1907-8 Λ
5 5     AMNG 753.1 (Gaudin) = cast in BBAW
6 6     ✸ Solidus Winter 38, 17 Feb. 2019, lot 244 = Lanz 156, 2 June 2013, lot 112