RPC VII.2, 253

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 253
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 ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩ(ΚΟΡ)
Edition Κοινὸν Μακεδόνων δὶς νεωκόρ(ων)
Translation the Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.38 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 710
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 219/3–4, 227/1, 239/1–4. 1–2, 4: same rev. die as 310/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu AMNG 710.1
2 2     V: GR 10712 AMNG 710.2
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1746
4 4     Roma Numismatics EA 35, 3 May 2017, lot 191