RPC VII.2, 255

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 255
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 Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡ
Edition κοινὸν Μακεδόνων βʹ νεωκόρ(ων)
Translation Koinon of the Macedonians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, holding spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.79 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG —
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 254/3, 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     ✸ NY: 1948.19.465