RPC VII.2, 249

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 249
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type D: Head of Alexander with lion skin
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design two temples seen from front, each with four columns; between them, tall column surmounted by a statue of Alexander the Great (?) standing left, holding spear and parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 252/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ VAuctions 325, 30 June 2017, lot 418