RPC VII.2, 254

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 254
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Gordian III
Issue Type D: Head of Alexander with lion skin (and star)
Obverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Edition Ἀλεξάνδρου
Translation of Alexander
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin; below, star
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ
Edition Κοινὸν Μακεδόνων δὶς νεωκόρ(ων)
Translation the Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, holding shield, hurling spear at fallen enemy on the ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.37 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 723
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 255/1, 256/2–3, 260/2, 261/1, 262/1, 264/1, 3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 166 AMNG 723.2
2 2     B: 18272519, I-B AMNG 723.1
3 3     ✸ Rauch, 15 Sept. 2008, lot 158 = Rauch, 17 Sept. 2009, lot 184
4 4     Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, The Boukephalas coll., lot 447.43 = Spink 159, 12 July 2002, lot 1002 = CNG 75, 23 May 2007, lot 196 (part of)