RPC VII.2, 253

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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 ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, r., wearing lion skin
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚƐΔΟΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝƐΩ(ΚΟΡ)
Reverse design Zeus seated l., holding Nike and sceptre
Metal Æ
Average diameter 27 mm
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.

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