RPC VII.2, 256

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 256
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
Obverse design head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin; below, star
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ
Reverse design Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus galloping right, holding spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 8, 12
Reference AMNG 729
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same pair of dies. 2–3: same obv. die as 254/3, 255/1, 260/2, 261/1, 262/1, 264/1, 3. 2–4, 6: same rev. die as 100/1, 314/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18272522 AMNG 729.3 (Mordtmann)
2 2     C: Leake AMNG 729.2
3 3     Mu AMNG 729.4
4 4     Frankfurt AMNG 729.1 = cast in BBAW
5 5     Tübingen AMNG 729.5 = cast in BBAW
6 6     Private coll.