RPC VII.2, 252

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 252
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 ΝΕΩΚ(ΟΡ)
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference AMNG 711–12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 249/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 10682 AMNG 712.1
2 2     N AMNG 711.1 = cast in BBAW
3 3     ✸ Roma Numismatics 7, 22 Mar. 2014, lot 467