RPC VII.2, 251

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 251
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 ΝΕΩΚΟΡ, Β
Reverse design two temples facing each other, seen from a three-quarter view; below, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 7
Reference AMNG 749
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 6: same obv. die as 247/6.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 281 AMNG 749.1
2 2     A: 1898-1899 A' 7
3 3     Agora 59, 19 July 2016, lot 95 = Hirsch 281, 2 May 2012, lot 257
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     JNFA 2, 1, Spring 1973, A collection of Macedonian bronzes, M 17
6 6     M&M GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 16 = AMNG 749.2 (Rollin et Feuardent) = cast in BBAW